Yonathan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yoh-nah-TAHN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Yonathan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has given”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Yonathan mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Jonathan
“God has given”
Jonathan, son of King Saul, was the loyal friend of David in the Bible.
Is Yonathan a girl's or a boy's name?
Yonathan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yonathan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 boys.
Yonathan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Yonathan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Yonathan, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer boys named Yonathan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yonathan in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Yonathan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.
- Yonatan 45
- Yonathan 24
Yonathan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,128 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,524 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Nicknames for Yonathan
- Yoni 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Yonathan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Ethan Zion Rowan Yunus Ronan Elijah Ibrahim Logan Yahya Elias Tobias
Other spellings of Yonathan
Names related to Yonathan
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Daniel Samuel Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yonathan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yonathan, updated 20 October 2026.