NameTides

Yonatan

Yonatan was the #2,798 boys' name in the US in 2025 (45 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Yonatan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yonatan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Yonatan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,798 (45)#2,952 (7)#1,804 (11)
2024#2,313 (61)#2,922 (7)#2,062 (9)
2023#2,510 (53)#3,524 (5)#1,687 (11)
2022#2,355 (60)#2,756 (7)#1,557 (12)
2021#2,732 (46)#1,782 (13)#1,342 (15)
2020#2,728 (45)—#1,708 (10)
2019#2,188 (64)#2,728 (7)#1,835 (9)
2018#2,189 (63)#3,412 (5)#1,572 (11)
2017#2,270 (58)#3,449 (5)#2,198 (7)
2016#2,110 (66)#4,810 (3)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,870 (78)#2,150 (10)#2,387 (6)
2014#1,884 (77)#2,079 (10)#1,778 (9)
2013#2,009 (68)#2,954 (6)#2,305 (6)
2012#2,292 (56)#1,962 (11)—
2011#2,035 (66)#2,613 (7)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #1,460.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yonatan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 33,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 24,000 to 1 in 45,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yonatan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Yonatan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YonatanCanadaBoys#1,80411
YonatanEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
YonatanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YonatanUSBoys#2,79845