Jonathan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #156 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,827 babies. Jonathan first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1988 (24,513 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,827 | #156 |
| 2024 | 4,028 | #143 |
| 2023 | 4,100 | #137 |
| 2022 | 4,228 | #135 |
| 2021 | 4,470 | #130 |
| 2020 | 4,766 | #114 |
| 2019 | 5,476 | #100 |
| 2018 | 5,786 | #95 |
| 2017 | 6,540 | #81 |
| 2016 | 6,998 | #79 |
| 2015 | 7,671 | #69 |
| 2014 | 8,130 | #63 |
| 2013 | 8,589 | #55 |
| 2012 | 9,382 | #47 |
| 2011 | 10,275 | #42 |
| 2010 | 11,154 | #38 |
| 2009 | 11,400 | #42 |
| 2008 | 12,923 | #35 |
| 2007 | 13,833 | #31 |
| 2006 | 14,414 | #31 |
| 2005 | 14,470 | #27 |
| 2004 | 14,452 | #30 |
| 2003 | 15,026 | #30 |
| 2002 | 15,549 | #27 |
| 2001 | 16,186 | #29 |
| 2000 | 16,937 | #30 |
| 1999 | 17,106 | #31 |
| 1998 | 17,686 | #31 |
| 1997 | 18,585 | #30 |
| 1996 | 18,664 | #28 |
| 1995 | 18,211 | #30 |
| 1994 | 19,144 | #30 |
| 1993 | 20,025 | #31 |
| 1992 | 21,477 | #29 |
| 1991 | 23,062 | #26 |
| 1990 | 24,169 | #24 |
| 1989 | 23,709 | #24 |
| 1988 | 24,513 | #21 |
| 1987 | 23,298 | #23 |
| 1986 | 24,147 | #21 |
| 1985 | 24,297 | #22 |
| 1984 | 23,528 | #24 |
| 1983 | 22,933 | #25 |
| 1982 | 23,281 | #21 |
| 1981 | 22,740 | #21 |
| 1980 | 19,090 | #31 |
| 1979 | 14,411 | #49 |
| 1978 | 12,595 | #50 |
| 1977 | 12,400 | #47 |
| 1976 | 11,396 | #50 |
| 1975 | 10,959 | #51 |
| 1974 | 10,293 | #52 |
| 1973 | 10,336 | #52 |
| 1972 | 9,270 | #65 |
| 1971 | 8,672 | #73 |
| 1970 | 8,229 | #83 |
| 1969 | 7,111 | #97 |
| 1968 | 5,831 | #114 |
| 1967 | 4,940 | #130 |
| 1966 | 4,682 | #142 |
| 1965 | 4,738 | #153 |
| 1964 | 4,663 | #174 |
| 1963 | 4,487 | #187 |
| 1962 | 4,267 | #203 |
| 1961 | 3,505 | #242 |
| 1960 | 3,354 | #253 |
| 1959 | 3,091 | #266 |
| 1958 | 3,091 | #264 |
| 1957 | 3,060 | #266 |
| 1956 | 3,130 | #253 |
| 1955 | 3,036 | #252 |
| 1954 | 2,751 | #256 |
| 1953 | 2,335 | #284 |
| 1952 | 2,062 | #299 |
| 1951 | 1,775 | #324 |
| 1950 | 1,538 | #348 |
| 1949 | 1,431 | #356 |
| 1948 | 1,282 | #378 |
| 1947 | 1,198 | #392 |
| 1946 | 1,102 | #383 |
| 1945 | 881 | #398 |
| 1944 | 639 | #492 |
| 1943 | 575 | #533 |
| 1942 | 553 | #531 |
| 1941 | 359 | #653 |
| 1940 | 276 | #740 |
| 1939 | 295 | #696 |
| 1938 | 235 | #792 |
| 1937 | 197 | #846 |
| 1936 | 172 | #898 |
| 1935 | 167 | #906 |
| 1934 | 133 | #1,032 |
| 1933 | 126 | #1,048 |
| 1932 | 118 | #1,121 |
| 1931 | 117 | #1,125 |
| 1930 | 103 | #1,251 |
| 1929 | 91 | #1,333 |
| 1928 | 115 | #1,207 |
| 1927 | 108 | #1,267 |
| 1926 | 106 | #1,281 |
| 1925 | 114 | #1,251 |
| 1924 | 97 | #1,380 |
| 1923 | 97 | #1,374 |
| 1922 | 117 | #1,248 |
| 1921 | 122 | #1,226 |
| 1920 | 111 | #1,272 |
| 1919 | 77 | #1,499 |
| 1918 | 83 | #1,450 |
| 1917 | 96 | #1,287 |
| 1916 | 100 | #1,245 |
| 1915 | 83 | #1,344 |
| 1914 | 77 | #1,217 |
| 1913 | 53 | #1,305 |
| 1912 | 48 | #1,288 |
| 1911 | 24 | #1,472 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,631 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,711 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,909 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,943 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,755 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,601 |
| 1904 | 14 | #1,545 |
| 1903 | 19 | #1,275 |
| 1902 | 22 | #1,167 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,790 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,873 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,886 |
| 1898 | 13 | #1,546 |
| 1897 | 15 | #1,339 |
| 1896 | 18 | #1,246 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,799 |
| 1894 | 16 | #1,250 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,663 |
| 1892 | 13 | #1,378 |
| 1891 | 12 | #1,307 |
| 1890 | 16 | #1,130 |
| 1889 | 12 | #1,302 |
| 1888 | 17 | #1,083 |
| 1887 | 10 | #1,303 |
| 1886 | 19 | #917 |
| 1885 | 30 | #684 |
| 1884 | 21 | #825 |
| 1883 | 17 | #901 |
| 1882 | 27 | #683 |
| 1881 | 21 | #730 |
| 1880 | 18 | #814 |