Yonatan
Boy · yoh-nah-TAHN · Hebrew
Yonatan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Yonatan mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Jonathan
“God has given”
The Hebrew form of Jonathan, the son of King Saul and loyal friend of David.
- Say it
- yoh-nah-TAHN
Is Yonatan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yonatan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yonatan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Yonatan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yonatan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Yonatan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Yonatan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Yonatan, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 100 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer boys named Yonatan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yonatan in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Yonatan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #2,797 for this spelling alone.
- Yonatan 45
- Yonathan 24
Yonatan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,313 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 72 | #1,939 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 85 | #1,760 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | 98 | #1,526 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,459 |
| 2004 | 78 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 87 | #1,489 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,403 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,353 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,432 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Nicknames for Yonatan
- Yoni 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Yonatan
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