Boys' name · since 1991
Yehonatan
Yehonatan has 96 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,048 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yehonatan currently ranks #10048 among boys' names in America, with 96 babies recorded since 1991.
Yehonatan has 96 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10048 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #17,732 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,048 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yehonatan ranks #17,732 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,048 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 96 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,732 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,048 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yehonatan's 96 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yehonatan compares
96 25th percentile among 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
Yehonatan's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yehonatan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yehonatan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yehonatan's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yehonatan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Yehonatan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Yehonatan's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Yehonatan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Yehonatan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- 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 Yehonatan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Yehonatan 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.