Joanathan — boys' name
92 babies named Joanathan in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
92 boys have been named Joanathan since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1992.
- 92
- total births
- 1977–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Joanathan was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Joanathan in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joanathan
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Joanathan between 1977 and 1992, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joanathan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joanathan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joanathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joanathan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 92 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Joanathan at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joanathan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1977
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
92 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 12 births in a single year.
Joanathan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 66 births that decade — 72% of Joanathan's all-time total
Joanathan decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Joanathan's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.