Names/J

Jonatan

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Jonatan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 60 births. Its best rank was 901st, in 1995.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
600.00% of boys
Peak year
2006159 births
Best rank
#901in 1995
Since 1971
3,677people given the name
Babies named Jonatan, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,677 boys have been named Jonatan in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 159 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 39%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jonatan
1970s30
1980s215
1990s1,070
2000s1,448
2010s669
2020s245

In 2006, its biggest year

Jonatan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.

Names that rose and fell with Jonatan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.