Jonathan

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #89 for boys in 2025, 3,822 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#15
1988 · 24,349 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
64 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
870,866
since 1880

Jonathan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #15, 1988boys
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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#14,9425#893,822
2024—#834,028
2023#13,4626#824,094
2022#11,2318#794,220
2021#15,2515#774,465
2020#10,2509#704,757
2019#13,7996#645,470
2018#12,4647#635,779
2017#14,1246#556,534
2016#7,23016#566,982
2015#9,48111#487,660
2014#10,12910#448,120
2013#9,03612#408,577
2012#10,42910#349,372
2011#6,14821#3110,254
2010#8,27114#2811,140
2009#8,45414#2911,386
2008#7,07318#2612,905
2007#5,70924#2313,809
2006#5,08627#2214,387
2005#4,82827#1914,443
2004#2,26477#2114,375
2003#4,10932#2214,994
2002#3,73035#2115,514
2001#3,41739#2316,147
2000#2,90349#2116,888
1999#3,31338#2217,068
1998#3,30137#2117,649
1997#2,82043#2118,542
1996#2,17762#2118,602
1995#2,34556#2318,155
1994#1,86276#2319,068
1993#1,96771#2219,954
1992#2,10564#2121,413
1991#1,68987#2022,975
1990#1,61792#1724,077
1989#1,454101#1723,608
1988#999164#1524,349
1987#924179#1823,119
1986#922174#1623,973
1985#884181#1724,116
1984#841183#1923,345
1983#860177#1922,756
1982#900168#1623,113
1981#964152#1622,588
1980#1,250104#2118,986
1979#1,48280#3114,331
1978#1,42281#3112,514
1977#1,38081#2812,319
1976#1,31682#3111,314
1975#1,71355#3010,904
1974#1,53263#3310,230
1973#1,49663#3110,273
1972#1,72451#379,219
1971#1,93744#408,628
1970#2,24035#428,194
1969#2,29631#467,080
1968#2,63023#535,808
1967#2,78120#564,920
1966#2,75220#654,662
1965#3,26415#744,723
1964#2,91519#834,644
1963#3,17616#884,471
1962#3,43814#944,253
1961#2,75220#1123,485
1960#3,92011#1183,343
1959#4,3009#1243,082
1958#4,8907#1243,084
1957#3,48912#1243,048
1956#5,3256#1143,124
1955#3,57111#1163,025
1954#4,2788#1212,743
1953—#1332,335
1952—#1392,062
1951—#1471,775
1950—#1631,538
1949—#1641,431
1948—#1731,282
1947—#1771,198
1946—#1731,102
1945—#179881
1944—#217639
1943—#245575
1942—#243553
1941—#303359
1940—#342276
1939—#318295
1938—#363235
1937—#395197
1936—#427172
1935—#435167
1934—#496133
1933—#500126
1932—#540118
1931—#539117
1930—#599103
1929—#64491
1928—#577115
1927—#597108
1926—#608106
1925—#588114
1924—#65397
1923—#65297
1922—#597117
1921—#572122
1920—#592111
1919—#72077
1918—#68483
1917—#60796
1916—#574100
1915—#63783
1914—#56977
1913—#60453
1912—#58448
1911—#62424
1910—#67719
1909—#71415
1908—#77912
1907—#81511
1906—#70912
1905—#63614
1904—#61214
1903—#48719
1902—#44022
1901—#7279
1900—#78511
1899—#7868
1898—#61113
1897—#51515
1896—#48118
1895—#7389
1894—#50216
1893—#7059
1892—#57213
1891—#52412
1890—#45816
1889—#54912
1888—#46417
1887—#58310
1886—#40319
1885—#30730
1884—#38621
1883—#43317
1882—#33227
1881—#36021
1880—#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jonathan was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jonathan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#83 → #89)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#70 → #89)
  • 41 spots since 2015 (#48 → #89)
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1902 (#727 → #440)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1895 (#502 → #738)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1988 at #15 (24,349 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 64 yrs · run 1962–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 77
  • Highest: 1 in 77 boys born in 1985 were named Jonathan (1.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 447 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
  • Its best rank, #15 in 1988, was only 1 in 79 (1.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.4% of all boys named Jonathan (229,953) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s192#307 (1885)#422
1890s129#458 (1890)#589
1900s139#440 (1902)#670
1910s660#569 (1914)#628
1920s1,078#572 (1921)#608
1930s1,663#318 (1939)#461
1940s8,296#164 (1949)#222
1950s25,816#114 (1956)#131
1960s47,389#46 (1969)#79
1970s107,926#28 (1977)#33
1980s229,953#15 (1988)#17
1990s197,503#17 (1990)#21
2000s144,848#19 (2005)#23
2010s79,888#28 (2010)#46
2020s25,386#70 (2020)#80

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.

Jonathan in 1942

boys
#243
553 births · 1 in 2,498 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #243Jonathan553
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 2,498 of them was named Jonathan, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jonathan
  1. #240Julius558
  2. #241Ross556
  3. #242Terrence555
  4. #243Jonathan553
  5. #244Sherman552
  6. #245Clark538
  7. #246Jesus535
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →