Jonathon
Boy · Hebrew
Jonathon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,486th for boys in the US (119 babies).
What does Jonathon mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jonathan.
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Is Jonathon a girl's or a boy's name?
Jonathon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 119 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jonathon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 218 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jonathon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Jonathon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,180 |
| 2008 | 33 | #905 |
| 2007 | 40 | #765 |
| 2006 | 42 | #712 |
| 2005 | 72 | #448 |
| 2004 | 74 | #415 |
| 2003 | 71 | #408 |
| 2002 | 80 | #357 |
| 2001 | 81 | #359 |
| 2000 | 114 | #281 |
| 1999 | 121 | #272 |
| 1998 | 168 | #217 |
| 1997 | 210 | #181 |
| 1996 | 218 | #167 |
How popular is Jonathon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,486among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 119about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 119 boys in the US were named Jonathon, making it the 1,486th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,255th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 2,668 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Jonathon in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,610 boys in the US were given Jonathon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #79, up from #1,486 for this spelling alone.
Jonathon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,486 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 134 | #1,385 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,496 |
| 2020 | 147 | #1,255 |
| 2019 | 168 | #1,157 |
| 2018 | 194 | #1,045 |
| 2017 | 195 | #1,029 |
| 2016 | 207 | #985 |
| 2015 | 254 | #873 |
| 2014 | 272 | #829 |
| 2013 | 286 | #787 |
| 2012 | 364 | #654 |
| 2011 | 398 | #609 |
| 2010 | 487 | #532 |
| 2009 | 542 | #501 |
| 2008 | 613 | #452 |
| 2007 | 716 | #406 |
| 2006 | 798 | #374 |
| 2005 | 922 | #331 |
| 2004 | 923 | #327 |
| 2003 | 1,072 | #291 |
| 2002 | 1,160 | #269 |
| 2001 | 1,325 | #252 |
| 2000 | 1,499 | #226 |
| 1999 | 1,648 | #207 |
| 1998 | 1,737 | #195 |
| 1997 | 1,845 | #180 |
| 1996 | 1,972 | #171 |
| 1995 | 1,972 | #166 |
| 1994 | 2,197 | #154 |
| 1993 | 2,318 | #144 |
| 1992 | 2,471 | #136 |
| 1991 | 2,601 | #125 |
| 1990 | 2,668 | #124 |
| 1989 | 2,528 | #128 |
| 1988 | 2,330 | #125 |
| 1987 | 2,117 | #132 |
| 1986 | 2,106 | #129 |
| 1985 | 2,031 | #139 |
| 1984 | 1,870 | #142 |
| 1983 | 1,694 | #160 |
| 1982 | 1,830 | #153 |
| 1981 | 1,642 | #162 |
| 1980 | 1,428 | #171 |
| 1979 | 1,020 | #224 |
| 1978 | 875 | #240 |
| 1977 | 840 | #245 |
| 1976 | 776 | #255 |
| 1975 | 736 | #265 |
| 1974 | 629 | #297 |
| 1973 | 665 | #275 |
| 1972 | 559 | #323 |
| 1971 | 574 | #326 |
| 1970 | 526 | #353 |
| 1969 | 407 | #392 |
| 1968 | 329 | #426 |
| 1967 | 288 | #445 |
| 1966 | 245 | #488 |
| 1965 | 238 | #495 |
| 1964 | 229 | #516 |
| 1963 | 240 | #516 |
| 1962 | 217 | #538 |
| 1961 | 169 | #609 |
| 1960 | 162 | #612 |
| 1959 | 122 | #690 |
| 1958 | 140 | #648 |
| 1957 | 171 | #586 |
| 1956 | 162 | #597 |
| 1955 | 152 | #597 |
| 1954 | 132 | #636 |
| 1953 | 115 | #660 |
| 1952 | 90 | #741 |
| 1951 | 84 | #762 |
| 1950 | 85 | #746 |
| 1949 | 61 | #877 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 54 | #897 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Jonathon
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