Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Johnathan was most popular in 1990, when 3,253 American babies were given the name — ranking #214 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,021, with 594 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 98,611 people named Johnathan.
Johnathan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 114 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 98,611 American births named Johnathan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 94,325 are estimated to be alive today.
594 American babies were named Johnathan in 2025, ranking #1,021 that year.
Johnathan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 628 births a year, against 1,306 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -52% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Johnathan is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 98,611 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 94,325 Americans named Johnathan are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 31 years old, and half are between 20 and 39.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org