Johnathan — #517 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Johnathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 97,656 babies named Johnathan between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnathan currently holds the #517 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 3,245 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnathan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 27,264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Johnathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,408 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Johnathan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Johnathan 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 97,656 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.