boys:
1.2k births since 1968
#3388 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1968
#6521 (16th percentile)
The name Jonnathan is the #6,521 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,219 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 15.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,388 (26.1% percentile) for all time with 1,219 births since 1968.
Jonnathan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (first recorded for boys in 1968). Birth data for Jonnathan is available in 54 out of the 56 years between 1968 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, Jonnathan reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #760) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Despite a low point around 2009, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Jonnathan ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 22.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jonnathan".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jonnathan", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 44 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jonathan" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jonathan..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jonnathan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.4% confident that Jonnathan is pronounced as JAH-nuh-thuhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-NUH-thuhn, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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