Johathan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Johathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,936 babies named Johathan between 1955 and 2012, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johathan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johathan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 975 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Johathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 231 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Johathan in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johathan 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 1,936 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.