Johnathon Boy
How popular is Johnathon?
#2,167 boy name in 2025
66 baby boys were named Johnathon in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
Johnathon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,167 for boys (▼ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,119 in 2015, #1,386 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (1,090 boys) |
| Highest rank | #250 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Johnathon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jonathan family of names ranked #79 for boys in 2025 (#75 the year before), with 4,610 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | 3,822 | 83% |
| Johnathan | 594 | 13% |
| Jonathon | 119 | 3% |
| Johnathon | 66 | 1% |
| Jonnathan | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Johnathon is most popular
Babies named Johnathon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Johnathon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1940s | 15 | #2,605 |
| 1950s | 151 | #1,521 |
| 1960s | 413 | #885 |
| 1970s | 1,670 | #510 |
| 1980s | 6,693 | #258 |
| 1990s | 9,074 | #250 |
| 2000s | 5,051 | #376 |
| 2010s | 2,012 | #782 |
| 2020s | 516 | #1,386 |
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Questions
- Is Johnathon a boy or girl name?
- Johnathon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Johnathon were boys.
- How popular is the name Johnathon?
- 66 baby boys were named Johnathon in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
- When was Johnathon most popular?
- Johnathon peaked in 1990, when 1,090 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #250 in 1990.
- How many people are named Johnathon?
- 25,652 babies have been named Johnathon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,667 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Johnathon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Johnathon was most common in Michigan, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.