Johnathn — boys' name
34 babies named Johnathn in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Johnathn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Johnathn in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnathn
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Johnathn between 1985 and 1996, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnathn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnathn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Johnathn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnathn 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 34 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.
Johnathn at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johnathn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
34 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 8 births in a single year.
Johnathn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 62% of Johnathn's all-time total
Johnathn decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Johnathn's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–1996 (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.