Boys' name · since 1986
Jonathanjames
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.
- 11
- total births
- 1986–2013
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Jonathanjames sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Jonathanjames recorded 11 times among boys since 1986, 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 1986 to 2013.
- 11 total births
- 1986–2013 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonathanjames's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonathanjames's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonathanjames's full recorded timeline at 2013, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonathanjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2013
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jonathanjames by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jonathanjames's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jonathanjames births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Jonathanjames's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- 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, 1986–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonathanjames: Baby Name Since 1986 - 11 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonathanjames. 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 Jonathanjames 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.