# Johnathan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/johnathan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 98,611 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 98,262 / 349 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 945, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

See Jonathan.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12 | 6,716 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,642 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,775 |
| 1993 | 11 | 7,754 |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,849 |
| 1995 | 8 | 9,976 |
| 1996 | 6 | 12,522 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,637 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,928 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,661 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,653 |
| 2004 | 12 | 8,950 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,487 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,409 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,836 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,501 | 239 |
| 2012 | 1,414 | 258 |
| 2013 | 1,252 | 278 |
| 2014 | 1,201 | 295 |
| 2015 | 1,161 | 308 |
| 2016 | 1,028 | 340 |
| 2017 | 947 | 353 |
| 2018 | 834 | 385 |
| 2019 | 815 | 385 |
| 2020 | 713 | 418 |
| 2021 | 702 | 440 |
| 2022 | 598 | 503 |
| 2023 | 653 | 467 |
| 2024 | 595 | 513 |
| 2025 | 594 | 508 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Johnathan

- Johnathan Aparecido da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Johnathan Williams, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Chance the Rapper, American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1993)
- John Wall, American basketball player (born 1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.