boy's name

Jotham

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,052

Jotham is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2013, when 36 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 207,211 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Jotham over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

273
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jotham by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 30
1980s 79
1990s 54
2000s 127
2010s 273
2020s (to 2025) 113

How popular is Jotham?

In 2025, Jotham was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jotham is used

England & Wales #1,541 17 in 2025
Canada #1,985 10 in 2024
France #5,455 5 in 2023
United States #5,616 16 in 2025

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 Jotham

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

Parents who like Jotham also like

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

Sibling names for Jotham

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

Common questions about Jotham

How popular is the name Jotham?

In 2025, Jotham was given to 16 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Jotham is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jotham most popular?

Jotham peaked in 2013, when 36 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Jotham a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jotham currently ranks #1,541 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.