Johnathon
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #2,167 for boys in 2025, 66 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 1,090 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 25,600since 1919
Johnathon over time
Rank among boys' names. Johnathon has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,167 | 66 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,078 | 72 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,188 | 65 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,782 | 92 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,710 | 95 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,386 | 126 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,432 | 122 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,261 | 145 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,348 | 132 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,254 | 146 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,119 | 171 | |
| 2014 | — | #915 | 234 | |
| 2013 | — | #858 | 249 | |
| 2012 | — | #825 | 265 | |
| 2011 | — | #818 | 266 | |
| 2010 | — | #782 | 282 | |
| 2009 | — | #634 | 395 | |
| 2008 | — | #655 | 371 | |
| 2007 | — | #595 | 425 | |
| 2006 | — | #542 | 467 | |
| 2005 | — | #529 | 458 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #509 | 481 |
| 2003 | — | #471 | 533 | |
| 2002 | — | #414 | 609 | |
| 2001 | — | #406 | 616 | |
| 2000 | — | #376 | 696 | |
| 1999 | — | #359 | 729 | |
| 1998 | — | #343 | 783 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #350 | 736 |
| 1996 | — | #302 | 871 | |
| 1995 | — | #308 | 859 | |
| 1994 | — | #288 | 948 | |
| 1993 | — | #286 | 967 | |
| 1992 | — | #279 | 1,023 | |
| 1991 | — | #254 | 1,068 | |
| 1990 | — | #250 | 1,090 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #258 | 985 |
| 1988 | — | #264 | 891 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #279 | 787 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #288 | 726 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #276 | 756 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #327 | 584 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #331 | 559 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #352 | 526 |
| 1981 | — | #353 | 498 | |
| 1980 | — | #423 | 381 | |
| 1979 | — | #510 | 271 | |
| 1978 | — | #516 | 253 | |
| 1977 | — | #559 | 224 | |
| 1976 | — | #556 | 209 | |
| 1975 | — | #657 | 157 | |
| 1974 | — | #708 | 135 | |
| 1973 | — | #661 | 145 | |
| 1972 | — | #752 | 111 | |
| 1971 | — | #848 | 92 | |
| 1970 | — | #931 | 73 | |
| 1969 | — | #885 | 74 | |
| 1968 | — | #986 | 56 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,100 | 45 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,728 | 22 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,887 | 18 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Johnathon! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1941, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Johnathon is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#95 · 1 in 505
- Arkansas#111 · 1 in 483
- Indiana#147 · 1 in 908
- West Virginia#154 · 1 in 1,033
- Ohio#161 · 1 in 1,207
Best ever in a state: #95 in Kentucky, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #95 | 49 | 1 in 505 |
| Arkansas | #111 | 31 | 1 in 483 |
| Indiana | #147 | 44 | 1 in 908 |
| West Virginia | #154 | 10 | 1 in 1,033 |
| Ohio | #161 | 66 | 1 in 1,207 |
| Tennessee | #166 | 36 | 1 in 982 |
| Michigan | #167 | 57 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Alabama | #171 | 30 | 1 in 880 |
| Mississippi | #173 | 20 | 1 in 838 |
| North Carolina | #180 | 39 | 1 in 1,181 |
| Oregon | #185 | 17 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Oklahoma | #186 | 20 | 1 in 1,034 |
| South Carolina | #194 | 21 | 1 in 1,107 |
| Georgia | #197 | 41 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Missouri | #215 | 22 | 1 in 1,694 |
| Louisiana | #219 | 27 | 1 in 1,147 |
| New Mexico | #223 | 10 | 1 in 1,149 |
| Wisconsin | #225 | 16 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Colorado | #226 | 16 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Washington | #228 | 24 | 1 in 1,499 |
| Nevada | #231 | 7 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Arizona | #233 | 22 | 1 in 1,382 |
| Illinois | #249 | 52 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Utah | #273 | 9 | 1 in 1,839 |
| Texas | #276 | 100 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Florida | #285 | 45 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Iowa | #294 | 6 | 1 in 2,990 |
| Virginia | #294 | 18 | 1 in 2,338 |
| Minnesota | #295 | 9 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Kansas | #300 | 7 | 1 in 2,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #303 | 27 | 1 in 2,972 |
| California | #382 | 86 | 1 in 3,347 |
| New Jersey | #410 | 13 | 1 in 4,109 |
| Maryland | #444 | 7 | 1 in 4,670 |
| New York | #462 | 30 | 1 in 4,480 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Johnathon
- 89 spots since 2024 (#2,078 → #2,167)
- 781 spots since 2020 (#1,386 → #2,167)
- 1,048 spots since 2015 (#1,119 → #2,167)
- Biggest jump: 116 spots in 1968 (#1,102 → #986)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 2015 (#915 → #1,119)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1990 at #250 (1,090 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1968–2014
- Highest: 1 in 1,884 boys born in 1990 were named Johnathon (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,880 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.4% of all boys named Johnathon (9,074) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 15 | #2,606 (1949) | #2,909 |
| 1950s | 151 | #1,522 (1959) | #2,139 |
| 1960s | 413 | #885 (1969) | #1,273 |
| 1970s | 1,670 | #510 (1979) | #670 |
| 1980s | 6,693 | #258 (1989) | #315 |
| 1990s | 9,074 | #250 (1990) | #302 |
| 2000s | 5,051 | #376 (2000) | #513 |
| 2010s | 2,012 | #782 (2010) | #1,061 |
| 2020s | 516 | #1,386 (2020) | #1,885 |
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.
Johnathon in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 1,892 of them was named Johnathon, which outranked 97.4% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.