Johnothan — boys' name
126 babies named Johnothan in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Johnothan was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Johnothan in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Johnothan
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Johnothan between 1972 and 2018, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Johnothan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Johnothan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Johnothan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Johnothan 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 126 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.
Johnothan at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Johnothan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1972
- Peak year (1984)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
126 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 9 births in a single year.
Johnothan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 48 births that decade — 38% of Johnothan's all-time total
Johnothan decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Johnothan's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1972–2018 (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.