Boys' name · since 1994
Jonethan
22 babies named Jonethan in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,228 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonethan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 22 have been recorded since 1994.
Jonethan has 22 recorded births among boys since 1994, 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 1994 to 2011.
- #28,228 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonethan ranks #28,228 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,228 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonethan's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonethan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonethan's full recorded timeline at 2007, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonethan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2011
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Jonethan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Jonethan's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jonethan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jonethan's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jonethan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1994–2011 (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 Jonethan 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.