Jonathan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning

Jonathan is a common name given to males which means "YHWH has given" in Hebrew. The earliest known use of the name was in the Bible; one Jonathan was the son of King Saul, a close friend of David. Variants of Jonathan include Jonatan, Djonathan.

From Wikipedia

Jonathan first appears in the data in 1962 and has been recorded in 56 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 328 babies (rank #41 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jonathan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jonathan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

10,236
Total babies (all years)
56
Years in the data
328
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196237#107
1963107#87
196465#97
1965105#87
1966135#77
1967144#74
1968103#88
1969147#80
1970145#81
1971166#78
1972110#93
1973158#78
1974156#76
1975185#65
1976158#76
1977169#73
1978189#66
1979203#62
1980267#45
1981267#53
1982328#41
1983320#40
1984289#46
1985303#46
1986328#43
1987301#46
1988282#51
1989273#53
1990257#61
1991250#60
1992275#56
1993242#59
1994262#59
1995249#62
1996205#69
1997212#69
1998206#69
1999152#85
2000192#70
2001149#82
2002131#90
2003126#95
2004111#96
2005114#95
2006141#69
2007142#66
2008130#90
2009187#89
2010196#87
2011196#86
2012133#91
2013127#96
2014117#103
2015120#123
2016163#128
201711#166