boy's name

Johnathon

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 26,993

Northern Ireland

#300

2001 births

Johnathon is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 1,090 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 50,234 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1919.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Johnathon over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

9,079
'10 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Johnathon by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1940s 15
1950s 151
1960s 413
1970s 1,670
1980s 6,735
1990s 9,079
2000s 5,056
2010s 2,012
2020s (to 2025) 516

How popular is Johnathon?

In 2025, Johnathon was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Johnathon is used

Northern Ireland #300 3 in 2001
Ireland #430 3 in 2000
Scotland #434 3 in 1997
Canada #2,167 8 in 2019
United States #2,173 66 in 2025
England & Wales #3,702 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Johnathon

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Johnathon also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Johnathon over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Johnathon

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Johnathon — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Johnathon

How popular is the name Johnathon?

In 2025, Johnathon was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Johnathon a girl's or a boy's name?

Johnathon is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Johnathon?

Johnathon has 3 syllables.

When was Johnathon most popular?

Johnathon peaked in 1990, when 1,090 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Johnathon a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Johnathon currently ranks #2,173 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.