Boys' name · since 1968
Jonnathan
Jonnathan has 1,238 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,378 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,238
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonnathan currently ranks #8378 among boys' names in America, with 1,238 babies recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonnathan has been recorded 1,238 times among boys since 1968, currently ranked #8378 nationally and more common than 40% of boys, 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 1968 to 2025.
- #4,482 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,378 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,238 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonnathan ranks #4,482 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,378 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,238 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,378 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,238
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonnathan's 1,238 recorded births place it above 90.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jonnathan compares
1,238 Top 29% higher than 71% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jonnathan's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jonnathan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,238 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jonnathan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonnathan's full recorded timeline at 1998, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonnathan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Jonnathan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (368 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Jonnathan's strongest decade.
368 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jonnathan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
213 births
- 1990s
1990s
368 births
- 2000s
2000s
357 births
- 2010s
2010s
165 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 368 births (30% of all-time use).
How Jonnathan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jonnathan's total volume
Jonnathan by state
Where Jonnathan concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 215 | 17.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 53 | 4.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 39 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 25 | 2.0% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 13 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
215 of 1,238 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Jonnathan's data
- Jonnathan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (368 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jonnathans (215 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jonnathan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Jonnathan 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.