Jonathon is a familiar variant of Jonathan that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Jonathon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,488 for boy births in the United States (and #3,153 across all names), given to 119 babies. Jonathon first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1990 (2,668 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,488 |
| 2024 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,386 |
| 2022 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,471 |
| 2021 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,499 |
| 2020 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,257 |
| 2019 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,160 |
| 2018 | 194 | 194 | — | #1,049 |
| 2017 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,032 |
| 2016 | 207 | 207 | — | #988 |
| 2015 | 254 | 254 | — | #877 |
| 2014 | 272 | 272 | — | #831 |
| 2013 | 286 | 286 | — | #790 |
| 2012 | 364 | 364 | — | #654 |
| 2011 | 398 | 398 | — | #609 |
| 2010 | 487 | 487 | — | #532 |
| 2009 | 542 | 542 | — | #501 |
| 2008 | 613 | 613 | — | #453 |
| 2007 | 716 | 716 | — | #406 |
| 2006 | 798 | 798 | — | #374 |
| 2005 | 922 | 922 | — | #331 |
| 2004 | 930 | 930 | #13,392 | #327 |
| 2003 | 1,072 | 1,072 | — | #291 |
| 2002 | 1,160 | 1,160 | — | #270 |
| 2001 | 1,325 | 1,325 | — | #252 |
| 2000 | 1,505 | 1,505 | #13,951 | #226 |
| 1999 | 1,648 | 1,648 | — | #207 |
| 1998 | 1,737 | 1,737 | — | #195 |
| 1997 | 1,850 | — | #14,774 | #180 |
| 1996 | 1,980 | — | #9,979 | #171 |
| 1995 | 1,977 | — | #14,413 | #166 |
| 1994 | 2,203 | — | #12,484 | #154 |
| 1993 | 2,325 | — | #11,094 | #144 |
| 1992 | 2,478 | — | #10,984 | #136 |
| 1991 | 2,610 | — | #8,921 | #125 |
| 1990 | 2,680 | — | #7,065 | #124 |
| 1989 | 2,534 | — | #11,453 | #128 |
| 1988 | 2,347 | — | #4,937 | #125 |
| 1987 | 2,133 | — | #4,945 | #132 |
| 1986 | 2,127 | — | #3,936 | #129 |
| 1985 | 2,047 | — | #4,721 | #139 |
| 1984 | 1,891 | — | #3,784 | #142 |
| 1983 | 1,707 | — | #5,270 | #160 |
| 1982 | 1,844 | — | #5,050 | #153 |
| 1981 | 1,648 | — | #9,602 | #162 |
| 1980 | 1,433 | — | #11,065 | #171 |
| 1979 | 1,025 | — | #10,879 | #224 |
| 1978 | 882 | — | #7,995 | #240 |
| 1977 | 840 | — | — | #245 |
| 1976 | 776 | — | — | #255 |
| 1975 | 741 | — | #9,670 | #265 |
| 1974 | 629 | — | — | #297 |
| 1973 | 665 | — | — | #275 |
| 1972 | 559 | — | — | #323 |
| 1971 | 574 | — | — | #326 |
| 1970 | 526 | — | — | #354 |
| 1969 | 407 | — | — | #392 |
| 1968 | 329 | — | — | #426 |
| 1967 | 288 | — | — | #445 |
| 1966 | 245 | — | — | #489 |
| 1965 | 238 | — | — | #495 |
| 1964 | 229 | — | — | #517 |
| 1963 | 240 | — | — | #517 |
| 1962 | 217 | — | — | #539 |
| 1961 | 169 | — | — | #609 |
| 1960 | 162 | — | — | #614 |
| 1959 | 122 | — | — | #695 |
| 1958 | 140 | — | — | #651 |
| 1957 | 171 | — | — | #588 |
| 1956 | 162 | — | — | #598 |
| 1955 | 152 | — | — | #598 |
| 1954 | 132 | — | — | #637 |
| 1953 | 115 | — | — | #662 |
| 1952 | 90 | — | — | #745 |
| 1951 | 84 | — | — | #764 |
| 1950 | 85 | — | — | #748 |
| 1949 | 61 | — | — | #881 |
| 1948 | 57 | — | — | #916 |
| 1947 | 55 | — | — | #962 |
| 1946 | 54 | — | — | #900 |
| 1945 | 33 | — | — | #1,152 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | — | #1,668 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | — | #1,608 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,565 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | — | #2,762 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | — | #2,007 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | — | #2,038 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,790 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | — | #3,352 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | — | #2,701 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | — | #2,685 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,537 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,300 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,263 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #4,112 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #4,030 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #4,073 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | — | #4,100 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,574 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #3,063 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,214 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | — | #3,627 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,725 |