Meaning not yet researched.
Johnathan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 594 in 2025. Its best rank was #108 in 1990.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #108 in 1990; #508 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Johnathan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#508 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, at #108.
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Johnathan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 594 boys in 2025. Peak: #108 in 1990 · most boys in one year: 3,245 (1990).
In 2025, 594 US boys were named Johnathan, making it the 508th most common boys’ name of the year, up 5 places from #513 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 595 boys named Johnathan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #108, reached in 1990. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,245. For comparison, it was #308 in 2015 and #1,149 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Johnathan in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 98,611 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 27,334 babies named Johnathan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,479 US boys were named Johnathan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,028. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,876 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Johnathan ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #309 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jonathan (874,440 babies since 1880), Jonathon (65,836 babies since 1880), Johnathon (25,652 babies since 1880) and Jonatan (3,725 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Johnaton and Johnnathon are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to John, Johnathon, Johny, Jon, Jonathan and Jonathon.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Johnaton (243), Johnnathon (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 10 | #309 | #290 |
| South Carolina | 17 | #317 | #254 |
| Alabama | 17 | #323 | #202 |
| Idaho | 7 | #355 | #277 |
| Oregon | 11 | #362 | #329 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #379 | #273 |
| Missouri | 17 | #380 | #220 |
| Indiana | 19 | #386 | #328 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #389 | #226 |
| Michigan | 20 | #429 | #291 |
| Georgia | 26 | #432 | #308 |
| Washington | 17 | #433 | #236 |
| Tennessee | 18 | #445 | #211 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #446 | #261 |
| Kansas | 8 | #446 | #346 |
| Utah | 10 | #453 | #461 |
| Ohio | 23 | #463 | #325 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #471 | #276 |
| Texas | 68 | #495 | #315 |
| Arizona | 14 | #505 | #338 |
| North Carolina | 19 | #525 | #274 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #533 | #535 |
| Iowa | 6 | #535 | #305 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #536 | #291 |
| Florida | 32 | #548 | #266 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #564 | #348 |
| California | 53 | #567 | #364 |
| Illinois | 16 | #586 | #255 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #588 | #491 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #589 | #384 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #590 | #246 |
| Colorado | 8 | #649 | #369 |
| New York | 22 | #673 | #306 |
| Virginia | 7 | #925 | #307 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 594 | #508 |
| 2024 | — | — | 595 | #513 |
| 2023 | — | — | 653 | #467 |
| 2022 | — | — | 598 | #503 |
| 2021 | — | — | 702 | #440 |
| 2020 | — | — | 713 | #418 |
| 2019 | — | — | 815 | #385 |
| 2018 | — | — | 834 | #385 |
| 2017 | — | — | 947 | #353 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,028 | #340 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,161 | #308 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,201 | #295 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,252 | #278 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,414 | #258 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,501 | #239 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,651 | #216 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,843 | #205 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,836 | 1,963 | #200 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,409 | 2,152 | #187 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,307 | #177 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,487 | 2,242 | #182 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,950 | 2,178 | #183 |
| 2003 | — | — | 2,196 | #178 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,653 | 2,264 | #171 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,661 | 2,306 | #166 |
| 2000 | — | — | 2,469 | #157 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,928 | 2,519 | #146 |
| 1998 | — | — | 2,591 | #143 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,637 | 2,550 | #142 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,522 | 2,564 | #138 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,976 | 2,447 | #143 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,849 | 2,612 | #134 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,754 | 2,719 | #128 |
| 1992 | — | — | 2,897 | #122 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,775 | 3,120 | #110 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,642 | 3,245 | #108 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,716 | 2,964 | #112 |
| 1988 | 13 | #6,038 | 2,675 | #115 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,909 | 2,479 | #116 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,093 | 2,417 | #115 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,949 | 2,391 | #118 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,582 | 2,099 | #132 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,476 | 1,927 | #137 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,239 | 1,836 | #152 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,828 | 1,711 | #158 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,493 | 1,409 | #174 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,403 | 1,140 | #209 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,149 | 942 | #224 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,873 | 929 | #232 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,881 | 872 | #232 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,660 | 795 | #253 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,487 | 669 | #281 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,962 | 738 | #262 |
| 1972 | — | — | 655 | #286 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,857 | 577 | #323 |
| 1970 | — | — | 503 | #364 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,981 | 396 | #400 |
| 1968 | — | — | 360 | #407 |
| 1967 | — | — | 266 | #465 |
| 1966 | — | — | 259 | #477 |
| 1965 | — | — | 206 | #538 |
| 1964 | — | — | 223 | #524 |
| 1963 | — | — | 213 | #543 |
| 1962 | — | — | 231 | #522 |
| 1961 | — | — | 135 | #673 |
| 1960 | — | — | 143 | #653 |
| 1959 | — | — | 109 | #736 |
| 1958 | — | — | 106 | #725 |
| 1957 | — | — | 88 | #800 |
| 1956 | — | — | 106 | #712 |
| 1955 | — | — | 95 | #753 |
| 1954 | — | — | 78 | #822 |
| 1953 | — | — | 78 | #815 |
| 1952 | — | — | 55 | #965 |
| 1951 | — | — | 38 | #1,181 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1949 | — | — | 47 | #1,017 |
| 1948 | — | — | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1947 | — | — | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,720 |
| 1945 | — | — | 18 | #1,604 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,553 |
| 1943 | — | — | 20 | #1,610 |
| 1942 | — | — | 13 | #2,095 |
| 1941 | — | — | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1940 | — | — | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,921 |
| 1938 | — | — | 12 | #2,133 |
| 1937 | — | — | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #3,024 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,822 |
| 1934 | — | — | 6 | #3,481 |
| 1933 | — | — | 15 | #1,874 |
| 1932 | — | — | 6 | #3,567 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #2,975 |
| 1930 | — | — | 10 | #2,699 |
| 1929 | — | — | 14 | #2,143 |
| 1928 | — | — | 7 | #3,535 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5 | #4,495 |
| 1926 | — | — | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1925 | — | — | 15 | #2,134 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,670 |
| 1923 | — | — | 10 | #2,853 |
| 1922 | — | — | 9 | #3,133 |
| 1921 | — | — | 10 | #2,894 |
| 1920 | — | — | 7 | #3,647 |
| 1919 | — | — | 9 | #2,998 |
| 1918 | — | — | 7 | #3,534 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,637 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,626 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,506 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #904 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #943 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).