Jonathen — boys' name
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.
32% of everyone ever named Jonathen was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Jonathen in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jonathen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,507 babies named Jonathen between 1954 and 2018, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonathen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 59 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonathen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 486 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jonathen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonathen in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jonathen 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 1,507 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.
Jonathen at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jonathen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1954
- Peak year (2000)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
1,507 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 59 births in a single year.
Jonathen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 486 births that decade — 32% of Jonathen's all-time total
Jonathen decade highlights
- Peak decade 486 births
- Runner-up 415 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jonathen's strongest decade
486 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.3% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jonathen appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1954–2018 (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.