Recorded 1981–2023 Boys' name Peak 2014 257 births

Jonan — boys' name

257 babies named Jonan in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s252000s842010s1072020s36
2010s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Jonan was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

16 babies were named Jonan in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jonan

The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Jonan between 1981 and 2023, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jonan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jonan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonan 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 257 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.

Jonan at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

257

Since 1981

43 years of records

Peak year

2014

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1981

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2023

Jonan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1981

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2014)
16
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
05101520 20232019201420102006200119961981 5

Jonan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
107 births that decade — 42% of Jonan's all-time total
1980s51990s252000s842010s1072020s36

Jonan by state

Where Jonan concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jonan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 2.3%
California share of Jonan's total US births 2.3%

6 of 257 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jonan?
257 babies have been named Jonan since 1981. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2014 with 16 births.
When was Jonan most popular?
Jonan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Jonan most popular?
The top states for the name Jonan are California (6 births).
How long has the name Jonan been used?
Jonan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 43 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Jonan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jonathan, Jon, Jonah, Jonathon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1981–2023 (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.