Johnatha — boys' name
57 babies named Johnatha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
91% of everyone ever named Johnatha was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Johnatha in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnatha
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Johnatha between 1973 and 1989, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnatha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Johnatha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Johnatha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnatha 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 57 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.
Johnatha at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johnatha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1973
- Peak year (1989)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
57 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 34 births in a single year.
Johnatha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 52 births that decade — 91% of Johnatha's all-time total
Johnatha decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Johnatha's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 91% of all-time use.
Johnatha by state
Where Johnatha concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 31 | 54.4% |
31 of 57 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 54.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 54.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1973–1989 (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.