Boys' name · since 1986
Jhonathon
Jhonathon has 27 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jhonathon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 27 have been recorded since 1986.
Jhonathon has 27 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1998.
- #26,675 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jhonathon ranks #26,675 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jhonathon's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jhonathon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jhonathon splits its recorded history at 1996: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jhonathon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1998
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Jhonathon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (22 births, 81% of the file).
1990s was Jhonathon's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Jhonathon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 22 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jhonathon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jhonathon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.