Boys' name · since 1985
Johnathn
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.
- 34
- total births
- 1985–1996
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Johnathn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 34 have been recorded since 1985.
Johnathn has 34 recorded births among boys since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1996.
- 34 total births
- 1985–1996 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Johnathn's 34 recorded births place it above 45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Johnathn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Johnathn splits its recorded history at 1992: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Johnathn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1996
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Johnathn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Johnathn's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Johnathn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (62% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Johnathn: Baby Name Since 1985 - 34 Births, Peak 1985." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/johnathn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Johnathn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.