Boys' name · since 1987
Jonattan
41 babies named Jonattan in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 41
- total births
- 1987–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Jonattan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 41 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonattan has been recorded 41 times among boys since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2006.
- 41 total births
- 1987–2006 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonattan's 41 recorded births place it above 48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonattan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonattan splits its recorded history at 1994: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonattan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2006
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Jonattan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jonattan's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jonattan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Jonattan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2000s (10) -- 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, 1987–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonattan: Baby Name Since 1987 - 41 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonattan. 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 Jonattan 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.