Jonothan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jonothan

The Social Security Administration has registered 882 babies named Jonothan between 1950 and 2015, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonothan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonothan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jonothan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonothan in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonothan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 882 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.