boys:
3.6k births since 1971
#2063 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1971
#4552 (41st percentile)
The name Jonatan is the #4,552 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,616 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 41.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,063 (55.0% percentile) for all time with 3,616 births since 1971.
Jonatan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for boys in 1971). Birth data for Jonatan is available in 48 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jonatan reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 18.5% percentile (ranked #663) with 75 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 75 births per million (ranked 18.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jonatan ranks #870 for boys (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 33.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jonatan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jonatan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Jonatan is pronounced as JOH-nuh-tuhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-nuh-thuhn, at 28.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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