How Many People Are Named Johnathan?
people named Johnathan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,626 people in the US has this name
Based on 98,611 babies named Johnathan in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,253 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JONATHAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Johnathan in English. Counting Johnathan and these spellings together, about 997,686 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Johnathan (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Johnathan alive today is about 29 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Johnathan first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1990, to 3,253 babies. In 2025, 594 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Johnathan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #108, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #508.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #508 |
| Best rank | #108 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #131 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Johnathan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Johnathan were born in California than in any other state: about 10,074 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Johnathan was given 1.9 times as often in Mississippi, 1.8 times in Alabama and 1.8 times in Tennessee.
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