Names / Boy names
Jonathan
Current rank
#89
and easing
All-time peak
#15
in 1988
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
874,400
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #15 in 1988 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Jonathan first appears in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a boys' name. Its strongest year was 1988, at #15 nationally. Today it sits at #89 and is slowly cooling. Across all years, more than 874,400 children have been named this.