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Johnathan Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Johnathan?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Johnathan, ranked the 386th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Johnathan has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 108, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1990 with 3,245 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Johnathan was less than 5, most recently in 1913.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Johnathan occurred roughly during the years 1936-1939, 1944-1949, 1950-1956, 1957-1962, 1965-1973, 1976-1985, and 1986-1990.

The popularity trend for Johnathan has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Johnathan for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Johnathan?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Johnathan is chosen by a number of parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Johnatha. (Girl)Johnatha. (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 825 386
2017 < 5 -- 934 357
2016 < 5 -- 1,020 340
2015 < 5 -- 1,155 309
2014 < 5 -- 1,190 296
2013 < 5 -- 1,248 278
2012 < 5 -- 1,406 258
2011 < 5 -- 1,497 239
2010 < 5 -- 1,648 216
2009 < 5 -- 1,839 205
2008 5 18,821 1,962 200
2007 6 16,403 2,147 187
2006 < 5 -- 2,306 177
2005 10 10,483 2,242 182
2004 12 8,950 2,177 183
2003 < 5 -- 2,194 178
2002 5 16,651 2,263 171
2001 7 12,657 2,306 166
2000 < 5 -- 2,468 157
1999 7 11,928 2,519 146
1998 < 5 -- 2,591 143
1997 10 8,637 2,549 142
1996 6 12,519 2,563 138
1995 8 9,976 2,446 143
1994 13 6,849 2,610 134
1993 11 7,750 2,719 128
1992 < 5 -- 2,897 122
1991 7 10,775 3,119 110
1990 8 9,638 3,245 108
1989 12 6,713 2,962 112
1988 13 6,037 2,674 115
1987 22 3,908 2,478 116
1986 20 4,095 2,416 115
1985 15 4,947 2,393 118
1984 16 4,582 2,097 132
1983 23 3,476 1,927 137
1982 18 4,237 1,837 152
1981 15 4,825 1,711 158
1980 10 6,492 1,406 174
1979 7 8,398 1,140 209
1978 17 4,150 943 224
1977 7 7,872 931 232
1976 8 6,882 875 232
1975 5 9,654 797 252
1974 8 6,483 670 281
1973 7 6,962 740 262
1972 < 5 -- 656 286
1971 5 8,856 578 323
1970 < 5 -- 503 364
1969 6 6,980 396 400
1968 < 5 -- 360 407
1967 < 5 -- 267 465
1966 < 5 -- 259 477
1965 < 5 -- 208 535
1964 < 5 -- 223 524
1963 < 5 -- 212 546
1962 < 5 -- 231 523
1961 < 5 -- 134 673
1960 < 5 -- 143 652
1959 < 5 -- 109 733
1958 < 5 -- 106 723
1957 < 5 -- 88 804
1956 < 5 -- 107 711
1955 < 5 -- 95 751
1954 < 5 -- 78 822
1953 < 5 -- 78 815
1952 < 5 -- 55 965
1951 < 5 -- 38 1,183
1950 < 5 -- 39 1,151
1949 < 5 -- 47 1,017
1948 < 5 -- 37 1,183
1947 < 5 -- 25 1,504
1946 < 5 -- 18 1,721
1945 < 5 -- 18 1,605
1944 < 5 -- 20 1,553
1943 < 5 -- 20 1,610
1942 < 5 -- 13 2,093
1941 < 5 -- 6 3,314
1940 < 5 -- 11 2,246
1939 < 5 -- 14 1,922
1938 < 5 -- 12 2,134
1937 < 5 -- 11 2,271
1936 < 5 -- 7 3,023
1935 < 5 -- 8 2,822
1934 < 5 -- 6 3,481
1933 < 5 -- 15 1,873
1932 < 5 -- 6 3,569
1931 < 5 -- 8 2,974
1930 < 5 -- 10 2,699
1929 < 5 -- 14 2,142
1928 < 5 -- 7 3,535
1927 < 5 -- 5 4,496
1926 < 5 -- 9 3,022
1925 < 5 -- 15 2,133
1924 < 5 -- 7 3,670
1923 < 5 -- 10 2,854
1922 < 5 -- 9 3,133
1921 < 5 -- 10 2,896
1920 < 5 -- 7 3,647
1919 < 5 -- 9 2,998
1918 < 5 -- 7 3,534
1917 < 5 -- 10 2,637
1916 < 5 -- 14 2,095
1915 < 5 -- 6 3,626
1914 < 5 -- 5 3,506
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1881 < 5 -- 5 944
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.