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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

girls
#9,247
8 births · 1 in 237,318 girls
boys
#108
3,245 births · 1 in 633 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #9,247Johnathan8

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #108Johnathan3,245
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 237,318 of them was named Johnathan, which outranked 39.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnathan
  1. #8,501Zehra9
  2. #8,501Zuly9
  3. #8,501Zury9
  4. #9,247Johnathan8
  5. #9,247Abelina8
  6. #9,247Abir8
  7. #9,247Adaeze8
  8. #10,193Abaigeal7
  9. #10,193Abel7
  10. #10,193Abeni7

Tied with 945 names at #9,247; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 633 of them was named Johnathan, which outranked 98.9% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Johnathan
  1. #105Spencer3,419
  2. #106Derrick3,363
  3. #107Wesley3,316
  4. #108Johnathan3,245
  5. #109Frank3,188
  6. #110Chase3,158
  7. #111Philip3,143
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990