# Johnathon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/johnathon/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,652 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 25,600 / 52 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 257, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard spelling of 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,205 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,404 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,635 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,834 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,945 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,431 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,269 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,766 |
| 2004 | 5 | 17,316 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 266 | 818 |
| 2012 | 265 | 826 |
| 2013 | 249 | 859 |
| 2014 | 234 | 916 |
| 2015 | 171 | 1,122 |
| 2016 | 146 | 1,255 |
| 2017 | 132 | 1,355 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,271 |
| 2019 | 122 | 1,436 |
| 2020 | 126 | 1,389 |
| 2021 | 95 | 1,715 |
| 2022 | 92 | 1,788 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,204 |
| 2024 | 72 | 2,087 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,171 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13 | 1,190 |
| 2003 | 11 | 1,410 |
| 2004 | 9 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 9 | 1,851 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,596 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |

## People named Johnathon

- Johnathon Schaech, American actor (born 1969)

## 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.