Boys' name · since 1975
Jonanthan
Jonanthan has 76 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 76
- total births
- 1975–2006
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
76 boys have been named Jonanthan since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jonanthan recorded 76 times among boys since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2006.
- 76 total births
- 1975–2006 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonanthan's 76 recorded births place it above 58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonanthan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonanthan's full recorded timeline at 1986, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonanthan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2006
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jonanthan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jonanthan's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Jonanthan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 43 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Jonanthan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1975–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonanthan: Baby Name Since 1975 - 76 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonanthan. 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 Jonanthan 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.