Jonathon Boy
How popular is Jonathon?
#1,486 boy name in 2025
119 baby boys were named Jonathon in the US in 2025, making it the 1486th most popular boy name.
Jonathon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,486 for boys (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 119 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #873 in 2015, #1,255 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (2,668 boys) |
| Highest rank | #124 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jonathon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jonathan family of names ranked #79 for boys in 2025 (#75 the year before), with 4,610 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | 3,822 | 83% |
| Johnathan | 594 | 13% |
| Jonathon | 119 | 3% |
| Johnathon | 66 | 1% |
| Jonnathan | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jonathon is most popular
Babies named Jonathon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Jonathon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,543 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,588 |
| 1930s | 47 | #1,958 |
| 1940s | 344 | #877 |
| 1950s | 1,253 | #586 |
| 1960s | 2,524 | #392 |
| 1970s | 7,200 | #224 |
| 1980s | 19,576 | #125 |
| 1990s | 21,429 | #124 |
| 2000s | 9,570 | #226 |
| 2010s | 2,825 | #532 |
| 2020s | 756 | #1,255 |
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Questions
- Is Jonathon a boy or girl name?
- Jonathon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jonathon were boys.
- How popular is the name Jonathon?
- 119 baby boys were named Jonathon in the US in 2025, making it the 1486th most popular boy name.
- When was Jonathon most popular?
- Jonathon peaked in 1990, when 2,668 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #124 in 1990.
- How many people are named Jonathon?
- 65,836 babies have been named Jonathon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 62,252 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Jonathon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jonathon was most common in Indiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.