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Jathan

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAY-thun
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#10,690 for boys

Jathan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

Where does Jathan come from?

Modern: blend, probably of Jason and Nathan

Is Jathan a girl's or a boy's name?

Jathan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jathan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Jathan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.

2025 had fewer boys named Jathan than any year since 1993.

Half of all the boys named Jathan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 89 in 20122025
Jathan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
202414#6,194
202316#5,661
202210#7,762
202120#4,776
202010#7,497
201914#6,099
201828#3,789
201731#3,514
201640#2,934
201536#3,148
201464#2,137
201370#1,963
201289#1,696
201149#2,503
201056#2,286
200976#1,888
200864#2,124
200779#1,830
200683#1,698
200561#2,031
200457#2,071
200350#2,176
200252#2,064
200130#2,983
200037#2,520
199932#2,661
199824#3,187
199711#5,282
199617#3,824
199510#5,495
19949#5,862
19930–
199216#3,740
199113#4,223
199012#4,401
198913#4,011
19887#5,745
19877#5,453
198612#3,649
19859#4,328
198413#3,268
198313#3,229
198215#2,971
198111#3,599
198010#3,837
197918#2,567
197818#2,472
197719#2,361
197614#2,825
197515#2,635
19747#4,188
19737#4,052
19720–
19716#4,373

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jathan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jathan, updated 20 October 2026.