How rare is the name Jonatan?

4,401 people in the United States have the first name Jonatan, about 1 in 68,628. It ranks #4,309 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JONATAN

#4,309

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,401
About
1 in 68,628
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,401 people named Jonatan, 89.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% as White and 1.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jonatan peaked in 2006, when 159 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
159
In 2025*
47 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,725 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Jonatan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,563. The largest share of babies named Jonatan, 55.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#14,75730
1980s#6,070215
1990s#2,5701,070
2000s#2,5631,448
2010s#4,623669
2020s#5,727293
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–9624.9%
Generation Z 1997–1255.7%
2013 and later18.2%

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 Jonatan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jonatan has been most common in Arizona (3.8×), California (3.4×), and Texas (3.3×), and least common in Virginia (0.62×).

2,320 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 Jonatan

#4,306 Maximino · 4,402#4,306 Selvin · 4,402#4,310 Anish · 4,400#4,310 Blaire · 4,400

Spelled almost the same

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

#47 Jonathan · 717,208#678 Johnathan · 78,090#863 Jonathon · 52,576#6,878 Jonthan · 2,281#9,641 Jonnathan · 1,429#10,386 Jonathen · 1,290#11,408 Johnatan · 1,124#14,563 Jonothan · 808

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