How Many People Are Named Jonathon?
people named Jonathon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,513 people in the US has this name
Based on 65,836 babies named Jonathon in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,680 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 Jonathon in English. Counting Jonathon 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 Jonathon (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jonathon alive today is about 35 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jonathon first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1990, to 2,680 babies. In 2025, 119 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jonathon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #124, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,488.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,488 |
| Best rank | #124 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #158 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jonathon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jonathon were born in California than in any other state: about 5,677 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jonathon was given 2.2 times as often in Indiana, 2.1 times in Michigan and 1.8 times in Kentucky.
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