How rare is the name Johnathan?

78,090 people in the United States have the first name Johnathan, about 1 in 3,868. It ranks #678 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOHNATHAN

#678

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,090
About
1 in 3,868
This common or more
63.9%
Who bears it

Of the 78,090 people named Johnathan, 55.4% reported their origin as White, 20% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.4% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Johnathan peaked in 1990, when 3,253 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
3,253
In 2025*
594 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 98,611 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Johnathan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #252. The largest share of babies named Johnathan, 40.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,63811
1910s#5,78751
1920s#5,56893
1930s#4,79397
1940s#3,249215
1950s#1,900792
1960s#1,1302,438
1970s#5737,884
1980s#27122,072
1990s#25227,334
2000s#33921,965
2010s#56811,804
2020s#9693,855
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–8010.9%
Millennials 1981–9640.9%
Generation Z 1997–1234.7%
2013 and later11.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Johnathan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Johnathan has been most common in Nevada (1.9×), Tennessee (1.7×), and Florida (1.6×), and least common in North Dakota (0.29×).

95,709 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Johnathan

#676 Nelson · 78,256#677 Felicia · 78,101#679 Franklin · 78,051#680 Bill · 77,823

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Johnathan, most common first.

#47 Jonathan · 717,208#863 Jonathon · 52,576#1,615 Johnathon · 19,727#4,309 Jonatan · 4,401#6,878 Jonthan · 2,281#9,641 Jonnathan · 1,429#10,360 Johnthan · 1,293#10,386 Jonathen · 1,290

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