Boys' name · peaked in 1990
Johnathon name popularity since 1925
25,647 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Johnathon. Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Johnathon is about 33 years old in 2026. Johnathon peaked in 1990 as the #250 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,647
- Named Johnathon, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,171 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 52 girls · 25,595 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 1.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Johnathon made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Johnathon births per year, 1925–2025
1990 was the biggest year for Johnathon both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1977 and 1982, Johnathon became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 7,340 baby boys to 1 in 3,450.
- Steepest fall: Between 2012 and 2017, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 7,160 to 1 in 14,000.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Johnathon's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Johnathon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Johnathon in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 15 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 151 | #2,092 |
| 1960s | 0 | 413 | #1,345 |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,670 | #658 |
| 1980s | 42 | 6,693 | #276 |
| 1990s | 5 | 9,074 | #308 |
| 2000s | 5 | 5,051 | #531 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,012 | #1,122 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 516 | #2,171 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
51.4% of babies named Johnathon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Johnathon is most popular
The index compares Johnathon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Johnathon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1.93× | 747 |
| Indiana | 1.89× | 1,037 |
| Tennessee | 1.71× | 834 |
| Arkansas | 1.63× | 387 |
| Michigan | 1.61× | 1,423 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Johnathon and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Johnathon (this page) | 25,595 | 1990 |
| Johnathan | 98,157 | 1990 |
| Jonathon | 65,557 | 1990 |
| Johnathen | 1,357 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Johnathon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Johnathon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Johnathon (1990).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data