Johnathan

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #508 for boys in 2025, 594 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1990 · 3,245 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
98,262
since 1881

Johnathan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Johnathan has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #108, 1990boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#508594
2024#512595
2023#467653
2022#503598
2021#440702
2020#418713
2019#384815
2018#385834
2017#353947
2016#3401,028
2015#3081,161
2014#2951,201
2013#2781,252
2012#2581,414
2011#2391,501
2010#2161,651
2009#2051,843
2008#17,5045#2001,963
2007#15,4916#1872,152
2006#1772,307
2005#10,12810#1822,242
2004#8,71612#1832,178
2003#1782,196
2002#15,4325#1712,264
2001#12,0567#1662,306
2000#1572,469
1999#11,3857#1462,519
1998#1432,591
1997#8,33410#1422,550
1996#11,8076#1382,564
1995#9,5538#1432,447
1994#6,67213#1342,612
1993#7,49811#1282,719
1992#1222,897
1991#10,2717#1103,120
1990#9,2478#1083,245
1989#6,53112#1122,964
1988#5,89513#1152,675
1987#3,85722#1162,479
1986#4,02820#1152,417
1985#4,86015#1182,391
1984#4,47816#1322,099
1983#3,43123#1371,927
1982#4,16718#1521,836
1981#4,74615#1581,711
1980#6,31910#1741,409
1979#8,0617#2081,140
1978#4,07917#224942
1977#7,5677#232929
1976#6,6118#232872
1975#9,0675#253795
1974#6,2588#281669
1973#6,6667#262738
1972#286655
1971#8,3245#323577
1970#364503
1969#6,6176#400396
1968#407360
1967#465266
1966#476259
1965#537206
1964#524223
1963#542213
1962#522231
1961#671135
1960#651143
1959#735109
1958#721106
1957#79988
1956#712106
1955#75395
1954#81978
1953#81378
1952#96555
1951#1,17138
1950#1,13939
1949#1,01347
1948#1,17337
1947#1,48225
1946#1,69218
1945#1,58118
1944#1,52520
1943#1,57720
1942#2,04213
1941#3,1336
1940#2,17911
1939#1,87914
1938#2,08412
1937#2,19711
1936#2,8547
1935#2,7198
1934#3,2776
1933#1,82915
1932#3,3616
1931#2,8648
1930#2,60910
1929#2,09614
1928#3,3577
1927#4,2105
1926#2,9049
1925#2,08915
1924#3,5057
1923#2,77210
1922#3,0149
1921#2,80410
1920#3,4897
1919#2,8779
1918#3,3687
1917#2,56210
1916#2,04314
1915#3,3926
1914#3,2645
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1881#8665
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Johnathan! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Johnathan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#512#508)
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#418#508)
  • 200 spots since 2015 (#308#508)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1952 (#1,171#965)
  • Biggest drop: 87 spots in 1957 (#712#799)
Rise & fade · boys
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1990 at #108 (3,245 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 76 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1952–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 633
  • Highest: 1 in 633 boys born in 1990 were named Johnathan (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,876 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 27.7% of all boys named Johnathan (27,264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#845 (1886)#856
1890s0
1900s0
1910s51#2,043 (1916)#2,918
1920s93#2,089 (1925)#3,024
1930s97#1,829 (1933)#2,567
1940s215#1,013 (1949)#1,740
1950s792#712 (1956)#863
1960s2,432#400 (1969)#520
1970s7,820#208 (1979)#267
1980s21,908#112 (1989)#133
1990s27,264#108 (1990)#131
2000s21,920#157 (2000)#181
2010s11,804#216 (2010)#306
2020s3,855#418 (2020)#475

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Johnathan in 1982

girls
#4,167
18 births · 1 in 94,074 girls
boys
#152
1,836 births · 1 in 988 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #4,167Johnathan18

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #152Johnathan1,836
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 94,074 of them was named Johnathan, which outranked 66.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnathan
  1. #4,025Willette19
  2. #4,025Zenia19
  3. #4,025Zoila19
  4. #4,167Johnathan18
  5. #4,167Abigayle18
  6. #4,167Aftan18
  7. #4,167Alessia18
  8. #4,347Africa17
  9. #4,347Aishia17
  10. #4,347Akisha17

Tied with 179 names at #4,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 988 of them was named Johnathan, which outranked 97.9% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnathan
  1. #149Joe1,872
  2. #150Roberto1,846
  3. #151Isaac1,841
  4. #152Johnathan1,836
  5. #153Jonathon1,830
  6. #154Noah1,817
  7. #155Francisco1,812
Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,958Colt#2,418#460
  2. 730Eliot#1,695#965
  3. 532Colton#1,334#802
  4. 478Kiel#1,101#623
  5. 416Eugenio#1,411#995
Fallers
  1. 309Marchello#841#1,150
  2. 237Carmen#851#1,088
  3. 234Claudio#976#1,210
  4. 224Irvin#826#1,050
  5. 222Jeramiah#971#1,193

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1982