Jonathyn
Jonathyn was last recorded in 2016, when 9 babies were given it; 277 Americans have been recorded with it between 1989 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jonathyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Jonathyn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,454, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
22 babies in 2010, the peak
Jonathyn peaked in 2010, when 22 boys were given it, #4,435 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | #8,454 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,986 | 2.6 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,058 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 5 | #13,161 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,767 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,435 | 11.5 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,196 | 9.1 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,618 | 10.3 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,781 | 7.2 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,270 | 6.3 |
Every recorded year (24)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | #7,374 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,704 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,294 | 5.7 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,773 | 8.2 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,629 | 3.6 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,874 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,513 | 7.8 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,851 | 5.3 |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,226 | 4.8 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,687 | 5.3 |
| 1994 | 6 | #8,239 | 3.1 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,171 | 5.6 |
| 1991 | 8 | #6,210 | 4.0 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,508 | 2.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jonathyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jonathyn has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 24 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jonathyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jonathyn, and how old are they?
An estimated 272 Americans named Jonathyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 17 and 28. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 258 people named Jonathyn (1 woman or girl, 257 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 273 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jonathyn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.