Jonathanjames — boys' name
11 babies named Jonathanjames in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Jonathanjames was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jonathanjames in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jonathanjames
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Jonathanjames between 1986 and 2013, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonathanjames currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonathanjames performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jonathanjames shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jonathanjames 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 11 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.
Jonathanjames at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
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Jonathanjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
11 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 6 births in a single year.
Jonathanjames by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Jonathanjames's all-time total
Jonathanjames decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jonathanjames's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1986–2013 (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.