How rare is the name Jonathon?

52,576 people in the United States have the first name Jonathon, about 1 in 5,745. It ranks #863 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JONATHON

#863

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
52,576
About
1 in 5,745
This common or more
67.9%
Who bears it

Of the 52,576 people named Jonathon, 73.9% reported their origin as White, 15% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jonathon peaked in 1990, when 2,680 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
2,680
In 2025*
119 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 65,836 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Jonathon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #298. The largest share of babies named Jonathon, 52.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#7,11357
1930s#6,72047
1940s#2,512344
1950s#1,4981,253
1960s#1,1062,524
1970s#6067,217
1980s#29819,711
1990s#30821,488
2000s#6559,583
2010s#1,7482,825
2020s#3,043756
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–9652.5%
Generation Z 1997–1224.4%
2013 and later3.5%

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 Jonathon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jonathon has been most common in Indiana (2.1×), Michigan (2×), and Wisconsin (1.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.16×).

62,473 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 Jonathon

#861 Fatima · 52,703#862 Easton · 52,590#864 Roxanne · 52,496#865 Jordyn · 52,485

Spelled almost the same

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

#47 Jonathan · 717,208#678 Johnathan · 78,090#1,615 Johnathon · 19,727#4,309 Jonatan · 4,401#6,878 Jonthan · 2,281#9,641 Jonnathan · 1,429#10,386 Jonathen · 1,290#11,956 Johnathen · 1,056

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