Joenathan — boys' name
312 babies named Joenathan in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Joenathan was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Joenathan in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joenathan
The Social Security Administration has registered 312 babies named Joenathan between 1934 and 2017, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joenathan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joenathan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Joenathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joenathan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joenathan 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 312 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.
Joenathan at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joenathan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1934
- Peak year (1959)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
312 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 12 births in a single year.
Joenathan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 67 births that decade — 21% of Joenathan's all-time total
Joenathan decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Joenathan's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Joenathan by state
Where Joenathan concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 312 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1934–2017 (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.