NameTides

Jonathan

Jonathan was the #89 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,822 babies), and #296 in England & Wales and #160 in Canada.

Jonathan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jonathan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Jonathan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#89 (3,822)#296 (153)#495 (6)#314 (5)#223 (21)#160 (207)——
2024#83 (4,028)#302 (148)#352 (10)#305 (5)#187 (26)#165 (204)——
2023#82 (4,094)#258 (178)#278 (13)#200 (10)#203 (24)#165 (197)——
2022#79 (4,220)#277 (162)#292 (13)#207 (10)#192 (27)#130 (251)——
2021#77 (4,465)#261 (178)#244 (18)#226 (9)#204 (25)#156 (235)——
2020#70 (4,757)#247 (192)#249 (16)#231 (8)#144 (40)#155 (231)——
2019#64 (5,470)#215 (238)#289 (13)#153 (16)#167 (34)#138 (269)——
2018#63 (5,779)#238 (217)#325 (11)#255 (7)#180 (31)#113 (321)——
2017#55 (6,534)#227 (236)#250 (18)#194 (11)#169 (35)#96 (376)——
2016#56 (6,982)#195 (287)#239 (19)#156 (17)#168 (35)#111 (352)#97 (97)—
2015#48 (7,660)#191 (299)#213 (23)#139 (20)#140 (45)#98 (398)#97 (102)—
2014#44 (8,120)#171 (335)#193 (29)#157 (17)#144 (46)#70 (491)#100 (100)—
2013#40 (8,577)#167 (341)#197 (26)#166 (15)#135 (47)#80 (473)#84 (127)—
2012#34 (9,372)#170 (344)#203 (26)#174 (14)#135 (52)#80 (479)#78 (133)—
2011#31 (10,254)#147 (406)#143 (41)#101 (29)#137 (51)#65 (514)#88 (118)#88 (78)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #17.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 450 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 450common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 770common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jonathan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 460 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 450 to 1 in 470.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jonathan by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #165WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #110NHWashington: #77WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #114MNIllinois: #108ILMichigan: #118MINew York: #90NYMassachusetts: #76MAOregon: #113ORNevada: #83NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #143IAIndiana: #102INOhio: #121OHPennsylvania: #92PANew Jersey: #95NJConnecticut: #68CTRhode Island: #90RICalifornia: #65CAUtah: #158UTColorado: #128CONebraska: #131NEMissouri: #126MOKentucky: #105KYWest Virginia: #151WVVirginia: #81VAMaryland: #67MDDelaware: #93DEArizona: #88AZNew Mexico: #128NMKansas: #82KSArkansas: #159ARTennessee: #107TNNorth Carolina: #81NCSouth Carolina: #78SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #80OKLouisiana: #118LAMississippi: #117MSAlabama: #63ALGeorgia: #100GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #79TXFlorida: #85FL
Jonathan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#129100
Quebec2025#27518

Jonathan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JonathanCanadaGirls—too few
JonathanCanadaBoys#160207
JonathanEngland & WalesBoys#296153
JonathanIrelandBoys#22321
JonathanNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
JonathanNSWBoys—too few
JonathanScotlandBoys#4956
JonathanUSGirls#14,9425
JonathanUSBoys#893,822
JonathanVICBoys—too few