Boys' name · since 1971
Jonath
Jonath has 35 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 35
- total births
- 1971–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Jonath sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 35 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonath has been recorded 35 times among boys since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1990.
- 35 total births
- 1971–1990 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonath's 35 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.
Jonath's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonath splits its recorded history at 1981: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonath popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1990
- Peak year (1971)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1990.
35 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 6 births in a single year.
Jonath by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jonath's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Jonath births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (49% of all-time use).
Jonath decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Jonath's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1971–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonath: Baby Name Since 1971 - 35 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonath. 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 Jonath 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.
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