Boys' name · since 1989
Jonathyn
277 babies named Jonathyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 277
- total births
- 1989–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
Jonathyn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 277 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonathyn has been recorded 277 times among boys since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2016.
- 277 total births
- 1989–2016 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonathyn's 277 recorded births place it above 76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonathyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonathyn's full recorded timeline at 2003, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonathyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2016
- Peak year (2010)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jonathyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jonathyn's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jonathyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jonathyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2010s (65) -- 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, 1989–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonathyn: Baby Name Since 1989 - 277 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonathyn. 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 Jonathyn 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.