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.

Jonathon

#427 most common boys' name of all time · #932 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#427
Rank overall
#932 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
65,836
Since 2016
1,520
Peak year
1990 #124
Best rank
#124 1990
Girls Boys peak 2,680/yr
192019401960198020002020

Jonathon first appears in 1912. 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 119 119 #1,487
2024 114 114 #1,546
2023 134 134 #1,388
2022 123 123 #1,471
2021 119 119 #1,497
2020 147 147 #1,256
2019 168 168 #1,158
2018 194 194 #1,047
2017 195 195 #1,030
2016 207 207 #986
2015 254 254 #875
2014 272 272 #830
2013 286 286 #790
2012 364 364 #654
2011 398 398 #609
2010 487 487 #532
2009 542 542 #501
2008 613 613 #452
2007 716 716 #406
2006 798 798 #374
2005 922 922 #331
2004 7 923 930 #327
2003 1,072 1,072 #292
2002 1,160 1,160 #270
2001 1,325 1,325 #253
2000 6 1,499 1,505 #226
1999 1,648 1,648 #207
1998 1,737 1,737 #195
1997 5 1,845 1,850 #180
1996 8 1,972 1,980 #171
1995 5 1,972 1,977 #166
1994 6 2,197 2,203 #154
1993 7 2,318 2,325 #144
1992 7 2,471 2,478 #136
1991 9 2,601 2,610 #125
1990 12 2,668 2,680 #124
1989 6 2,528 2,534 #128
1988 17 2,330 2,347 #125
1987 16 2,117 2,133 #132
1986 21 2,106 2,127 #129
1985 16 2,031 2,047 #139
1984 21 1,870 1,891 #142
1983 13 1,694 1,707 #160
1982 14 1,830 1,844 #153
1981 6 1,642 1,648 #162
1980 5 1,428 1,433 #171
1979 5 1,020 1,025 #224
1978 7 875 882 #240
1977 840 840 #245
1976 776 776 #255
1975 5 736 741 #265
1974 629 629 #297
1973 665 665 #275
1972 559 559 #323
1971 574 574 #326
1970 526 526 #354
1969 407 407 #392
1968 329 329 #426
1967 288 288 #446
1966 245 245 #489
1965 238 238 #495
1964 229 229 #517
1963 240 240 #517
1962 217 217 #538
1961 169 169 #609
1960 162 162 #614
1959 122 122 #696
1958 140 140 #650
1957 171 171 #589
1956 162 162 #599
1955 152 152 #598
1954 132 132 #641
1953 115 115 #663
1952 90 90 #745
1951 84 84 #765
1950 85 85 #748
1949 61 61 #883
1948 57 57 #922
1947 55 55 #965
1946 54 54 #909
1945 33 33 #1,158
1944 28 28 #1,278
1943 19 19 #1,682
1942 20 20 #1,618
1941 9 9 #2,599
1940 8 8 #2,774
1939 13 13 #2,028
1938 13 13 #2,056
1937 5 5 #3,719
1936 6 6 #3,333
1930 10 10 #2,716
1929 10 10 #2,707
1928 7 7 #3,493
1927 8 8 #3,282
1926 8 8 #3,247
1924 6 6 #4,020
1923 6 6 #3,972
1922 6 6 #3,991
1921 6 6 #4,009
1919 7 7 #3,541
1917 8 8 #3,091
1916 5 5 #4,095
1915 6 6 #3,578
1912 5 5 #2,816