Boys' name · since 1954
Jonathen
1,507 babies named Jonathen in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,945 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,507
- born since 1954
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonathen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 1,507 have been recorded since 1954.
Jonathen has 1,507 recorded births among boys since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2018.
- #3,945 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,507 born since 1954
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonathen ranks #3,945 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,507 born since 1954, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,945 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,507
- born since 1954
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonathen's 1,507 recorded births place it above 91.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Jonathen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonathen's full recorded timeline at 1989, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonathen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2018
- Peak year (2000)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Jonathen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (486 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Jonathen's strongest decade.
486 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Jonathen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 43
1960s
43 births
- 1970s 118
1970s
118 births
- 1980s
1980s
297 births
- 1990s
1990s
486 births
- 2000s
2000s
415 births
- 2010s 131
2010s
131 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 486 births (32% of all-time use).
How Jonathen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jonathen's total volume
Jonathen by state
Where Jonathen concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 129 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 95 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
129 of 1,507 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Jonathen appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Jonathen's decade-level peak was the 1990s (486 total births); usage has since declined to 131 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jonathens (129 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jonathen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1954–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jonathen 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 August 2026.