Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Johnathan

#321 most common boys' name of all time · #708 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#321
Rank overall
#708 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
98,611
Since 2016
7,479
Peak year
1990 #108
Best rank
#108 1990
Girls Boys peak 3,253/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Johnathan first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 594 594 #508
2024 — 595 595 #513
2023 — 653 653 #467
2022 — 598 598 #503
2021 — 702 702 #440
2020 — 713 713 #418
2019 — 815 815 #384
2018 — 834 834 #385
2017 — 947 947 #353
2016 — 1,028 1,028 #340
2015 — 1,161 1,161 #308
2014 — 1,201 1,201 #295
2013 — 1,252 1,252 #278
2012 — 1,414 1,414 #258
2011 — 1,501 1,501 #239
2010 — 1,651 1,651 #216
2009 — 1,843 1,843 #205
2008 5 1,963 1,968 #200
2007 6 2,152 2,158 #187
2006 — 2,307 2,307 #177
2005 10 2,242 2,252 #182
2004 12 2,178 2,190 #183
2003 — 2,196 2,196 #178
2002 5 2,264 2,269 #171
2001 7 2,306 2,313 #166
2000 — 2,469 2,469 #157
1999 7 2,519 2,526 #146
1998 — 2,591 2,591 #143
1997 10 2,550 2,560 #142
1996 6 2,564 2,570 #138
1995 8 2,447 2,455 #143
1994 13 2,612 2,625 #134
1993 11 2,719 2,730 #128
1992 — 2,897 2,897 #122
1991 7 3,120 3,127 #110
1990 8 3,245 3,253 #108
1989 12 2,964 2,976 #112
1988 13 2,675 2,688 #115
1987 22 2,479 2,501 #116
1986 20 2,417 2,437 #115
1985 15 2,391 2,406 #118
1984 16 2,099 2,115 #132
1983 23 1,927 1,950 #137
1982 18 1,836 1,854 #152
1981 15 1,711 1,726 #158
1980 10 1,409 1,419 #174
1979 7 1,140 1,147 #208
1978 17 942 959 #224
1977 7 929 936 #232
1976 8 872 880 #232
1975 5 795 800 #253
1974 8 669 677 #281
1973 7 738 745 #262
1972 — 655 655 #286
1971 5 577 582 #323
1970 — 503 503 #364
1969 6 396 402 #400
1968 — 360 360 #407
1967 — 266 266 #465
1966 — 259 259 #477
1965 — 206 206 #538
1964 — 223 223 #524
1963 — 213 213 #543
1962 — 231 231 #523
1961 — 135 135 #673
1960 — 143 143 #653
1959 — 109 109 #736
1958 — 106 106 #723
1957 — 88 88 #799
1956 — 106 106 #712
1955 — 95 95 #753
1954 — 78 78 #824
1953 — 78 78 #814
1952 — 55 55 #966
1951 — 38 38 #1,180
1950 — 39 39 #1,148
1949 — 47 47 #1,021
1948 — 37 37 #1,179
1947 — 25 25 #1,489
1946 — 18 18 #1,710
1945 — 18 18 #1,592
1944 — 20 20 #1,540
1943 — 20 20 #1,591
1942 — 13 13 #2,061
1941 — 6 6 #3,180
1940 — 11 11 #2,208
1939 — 14 14 #1,900
1938 — 12 12 #2,110
1937 — 11 11 #2,217
1936 — 7 7 #2,893
1935 — 8 8 #2,756
1934 — 6 6 #3,323
1933 — 15 15 #1,856
1932 — 6 6 #3,402
1931 — 8 8 #2,902
1930 — 10 10 #2,636
1929 — 14 14 #2,118
1928 — 7 7 #3,392
1927 — 5 5 #4,252
1926 — 9 9 #2,929
1925 — 15 15 #2,110
1924 — 7 7 #3,548
1923 — 10 10 #2,795
1922 — 9 9 #3,042
1921 — 10 10 #2,836
1920 — 7 7 #3,518
1919 — 9 9 #2,906
1918 — 7 7 #3,394
1917 — 10 10 #2,590
1916 — 14 14 #2,060
1915 — 6 6 #3,425
1914 — 5 5 #3,296
1886 — 6 6 #914
1881 — 5 5 #965