Johathan
Johathan was last recorded in 2012, when 6 babies were given it; 1,936 Americans have been recorded with it between 1955 and 2012 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,810 Americans named Johathan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 36 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Johathan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Johathan?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,462, in 2012; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
114 babies in 1988, the peak
Johathan peaked in 1988, when 114 boys were given it, #898 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #11,462 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,496 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 7 | #10,170 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,651 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 7 | #10,416 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 6 | #11,597 | 2.9 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,927 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,958 | 4.5 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,364 | 7.6 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,698 | 8.6 |
Every recorded year (55)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 16 | #4,792 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 20 | #4,028 | 10.3 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,123 | 9.7 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,640 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,436 | 11.5 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,344 | 8.0 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,970 | 13.2 |
| 1995 | 43 | #1,967 | 22.6 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,417 | 16.6 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,369 | 16.3 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,961 | 20.5 |
| 1991 | 55 | #1,560 | 27.2 |
| 1990 | 71 | #1,317 | 34.6 |
| 1989 | 94 | #1,081 | 47.0 |
| 1988 | 114 | #898 | 59.6 |
| 1987 | 106 | #914 | 56.8 |
| 1986 | 103 | #898 | 55.9 |
| 1985 | 107 | #879 | 57.9 |
| 1984 | 84 | #971 | 46.5 |
| 1983 | 108 | #840 | 60.2 |
| 1982 | 97 | #910 | 53.5 |
| 1981 | 96 | #917 | 53.6 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,118 | 37.0 |
| 1979 | 49 | #1,331 | 28.5 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,420 | 26.2 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,418 | 25.6 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,481 | 23.6 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,547 | 21.8 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,633 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,797 | 16.0 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,591 | 8.6 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,650 | 16.4 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,479 | 17.8 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,749 | 12.9 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,247 | 8.1 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,944 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,387 | 6.7 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,687 | 5.4 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,596 | 5.5 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,178 | 3.9 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,341 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,223 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,274 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,725 | 2.8 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,339 | 3.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Johathan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Johathan has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 55 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Johathan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Johathan, and how old are they?
1,810 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 1,936 Americans ever recorded as Johathan. The median Johathan alive today is 41 years old; half are between 36 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 558 people named Johathan (5 women and girls, 553 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,841 born in the U.S. The Census count is 70% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 38 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 428 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,140 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 196 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Johathan born?
The states with the most babies named Johathan are California, Texas and New York, with 68% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 231 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 96 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New York | 89 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 39 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 21 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Massachusetts | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 13 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 11 | not ranked | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Johathan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,050 babies since 1880, Johathan is the most given (94% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Johathan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Johathan and names like it
- Compare Johathan and JohathonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sJohathan peaked in 1988.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Johathan since 1910.
- The top names of 1988The year the most babies were named Johathan.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Johathan alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.