Boys' name · since 1981
Jonan
265 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.
- 265
- total births
- 1981–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Jonan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 265 have been recorded since 1981.
Jonan has 265 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- 265 total births
- 1981–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonan's 265 recorded births place it above 75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Jonan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jonan's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jonan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Jonan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jonan's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jonan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
107 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 107 births (40% of all-time use).
Jonan by state
Where Jonan concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.3% |
6 of 265 births nationwide.
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- Jonan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jonans (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonan: Baby Name Since 1981 - 265 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonan. 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 Jonan 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.