Johnathan is a familiar variant of Jonathan that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Johnathan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #508 for boy births in the United States (and #1,022 across all names), given to 594 babies. Johnathan first appears in 1881 and peaked in 1990 (3,245 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 594 | 594 | — | #508 |
| 2024 | 595 | 595 | — | #513 |
| 2023 | 653 | 653 | — | #467 |
| 2022 | 598 | 598 | — | #503 |
| 2021 | 702 | 702 | — | #440 |
| 2020 | 713 | 713 | — | #418 |
| 2019 | 815 | 815 | — | #385 |
| 2018 | 834 | 834 | — | #385 |
| 2017 | 947 | 947 | — | #353 |
| 2016 | 1,028 | 1,028 | — | #340 |
| 2015 | 1,161 | 1,161 | — | #308 |
| 2014 | 1,201 | 1,201 | — | #295 |
| 2013 | 1,252 | 1,252 | — | #278 |
| 2012 | 1,414 | 1,414 | — | #258 |
| 2011 | 1,501 | 1,501 | — | #239 |
| 2010 | 1,651 | 1,651 | — | #216 |
| 2009 | 1,843 | 1,843 | — | #205 |
| 2008 | 1,968 | 1,968 | #18,836 | #200 |
| 2007 | 2,158 | 2,158 | #16,409 | #187 |
| 2006 | 2,307 | 2,307 | — | #177 |
| 2005 | 2,252 | 2,258 | #10,487 | #182 |
| 2004 | 2,190 | 2,198 | #8,950 | #183 |
| 2003 | 2,196 | 2,201 | — | #178 |
| 2002 | 2,269 | 2,276 | #16,653 | #171 |
| 2001 | 2,313 | 2,321 | #12,661 | #166 |
| 2000 | 2,469 | 2,479 | — | #157 |
| 1999 | 2,526 | 2,533 | #11,928 | #146 |
| 1998 | 2,591 | 2,607 | — | #143 |
| 1997 | 2,560 | — | #8,637 | #142 |
| 1996 | 2,570 | — | #12,522 | #138 |
| 1995 | 2,455 | — | #9,976 | #143 |
| 1994 | 2,625 | — | #6,849 | #134 |
| 1993 | 2,730 | — | #7,754 | #128 |
| 1992 | 2,897 | — | — | #122 |
| 1991 | 3,127 | — | #10,775 | #110 |
| 1990 | 3,253 | — | #9,642 | #108 |
| 1989 | 2,976 | — | #6,716 | #112 |
| 1988 | 2,688 | — | #6,038 | #115 |
| 1987 | 2,501 | — | #3,909 | #116 |
| 1986 | 2,437 | — | #4,093 | #115 |
| 1985 | 2,406 | — | #4,949 | #118 |
| 1984 | 2,115 | — | #4,582 | #132 |
| 1983 | 1,950 | — | #3,476 | #137 |
| 1982 | 1,854 | — | #4,239 | #152 |
| 1981 | 1,726 | — | #4,828 | #158 |
| 1980 | 1,419 | — | #6,493 | #174 |
| 1979 | 1,147 | — | #8,403 | #209 |
| 1978 | 959 | — | #4,149 | #224 |
| 1977 | 936 | — | #7,873 | #232 |
| 1976 | 880 | — | #6,881 | #232 |
| 1975 | 800 | — | #9,660 | #253 |
| 1974 | 677 | — | #6,487 | #281 |
| 1973 | 745 | — | #6,962 | #262 |
| 1972 | 655 | — | — | #286 |
| 1971 | 582 | — | #8,857 | #323 |
| 1970 | 503 | — | — | #364 |
| 1969 | 402 | — | #6,981 | #400 |
| 1968 | 360 | — | — | #407 |
| 1967 | 266 | — | — | #465 |
| 1966 | 259 | — | — | #477 |
| 1965 | 206 | — | — | #538 |
| 1964 | 223 | — | — | #524 |
| 1963 | 213 | — | — | #543 |
| 1962 | 231 | — | — | #522 |
| 1961 | 135 | — | — | #673 |
| 1960 | 143 | — | — | #653 |
| 1959 | 109 | — | — | #736 |
| 1958 | 106 | — | — | #725 |
| 1957 | 88 | — | — | #800 |
| 1956 | 106 | — | — | #712 |
| 1955 | 95 | — | — | #753 |
| 1954 | 78 | — | — | #822 |
| 1953 | 78 | — | — | #815 |
| 1952 | 55 | — | — | #965 |
| 1951 | 38 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1950 | 39 | — | — | #1,149 |
| 1949 | 47 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1948 | 37 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1947 | 25 | — | — | #1,505 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | — | #1,720 |
| 1945 | 18 | — | — | #1,604 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | — | #1,553 |
| 1943 | 20 | — | — | #1,610 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | — | #2,095 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,315 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | — | #2,246 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | — | #1,921 |
| 1938 | 12 | — | — | #2,133 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | — | #2,270 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #3,024 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,822 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,481 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | — | #1,874 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,567 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | — | #2,975 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | — | #2,699 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | — | #2,143 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,535 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | — | #4,495 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #3,022 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | — | #2,134 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,670 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | — | #2,853 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | — | #3,133 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | — | #2,894 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | — | #3,647 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #2,998 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | — | #3,534 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | — | #2,637 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | — | #2,095 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | — | #3,626 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,506 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #904 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | — | #943 |