Jonathon
Jonathon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 113 births. Its best rank was 124th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1130.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19902,668 births
- Best rank
- #124in 1990
- Since 1912
- 65,497people given the name
The story in the numbers
65,497 boys have been named Jonathon in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 2,668 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 33%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jonathon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 57 | |
| 1930s | 47 | |
| 1940s | 344 | |
| 1950s | 1,254 | |
| 1960s | 2,525 | |
| 1970s | 7,201 | |
| 1980s | 19,578 | |
| 1990s | 21,429 | |
| 2000s | 9,570 | |
| 2010s | 2,825 | |
| 2020s | 636 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Jonathon was the 124th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Jonathon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Justenpeak 1990
- Brandonpeak 1992
- Jaridpeak 1989
- Derrikpeak 1991
- Jarredpeak 1989
- Aarronpeak 1992
- Jarridpeak 1990
- Kylepeak 1990
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.