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.

Jonothan

#5,177 most common boys' name of all time · #12,852 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1950–2015

Rank among boys
#5,177
Rank overall
#12,852 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
882
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1982 #1,762
Best rank
#1,762 1982
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
196019802000

Jonothan first appears in 1950. 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
2015 — 5 5 #12,359
2014 — 5 5 #12,372
2012 — 5 5 #12,541
2010 — 5 5 #12,518
2009 — 13 13 #6,502
2008 — 6 6 #11,277
2007 — 7 7 #9,981
2006 — 12 12 #6,561
2005 — 10 10 #7,219
2004 — 10 10 #7,111
2003 — 14 14 #5,336
2002 — 9 9 #7,198
2001 — 18 18 #4,348
2000 — 14 14 #5,107
1999 — 10 10 #6,184
1998 — 14 14 #4,708
1997 — 19 19 #3,647
1996 — 17 17 #3,891
1995 — 21 21 #3,239
1994 — 19 19 #3,511
1993 — 20 20 #3,285
1992 — 22 22 #3,040
1991 — 25 25 #2,712
1990 — 24 24 #2,736
1989 — 26 26 #2,503
1988 — 12 12 #4,001
1987 — 30 30 #2,039
1986 — 20 20 #2,642
1985 — 27 27 #2,094
1984 — 18 18 #2,653
1983 — 21 21 #2,374
1982 — 33 33 #1,762
1981 — 23 23 #2,245
1980 — 17 17 #2,786
1979 — 19 19 #2,531
1978 — 16 16 #2,745
1977 — 20 20 #2,325
1976 — 11 11 #3,378
1975 — 17 17 #2,512
1974 — 21 21 #2,106
1973 — 14 14 #2,677
1972 — 17 17 #2,302
1971 — 24 24 #1,851
1970 — 10 10 #3,223
1969 — 11 11 #2,799
1968 — 8 8 #3,285
1967 — 11 11 #2,595
1966 — 18 18 #1,884
1965 — 9 9 #2,943
1964 — 7 7 #3,534
1963 — 7 7 #3,568
1962 — 10 10 #2,831
1960 — 14 14 #2,310
1959 — 11 11 #2,656
1958 — 5 5 #4,370
1957 — 7 7 #3,520
1956 — 7 7 #3,503
1955 — 12 12 #2,430
1954 — 8 8 #3,167
1953 — 5 5 #4,273
1952 — 6 6 #3,707
1950 — 6 6 #3,669