Recorded 1983–2025 · United States
Yonathan was most popular in 2008, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,649 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,455 people named Yonathan.
Yonathan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1983, which makes it about 42 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 43 of the 43 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,455 American births named Yonathan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,430 are estimated to be alive today.
24 American babies were named Yonathan in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Yonathan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 30 births a year, against 45 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -32% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Yonathan is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,455 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,430 Americans named Yonathan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 12 and 26.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org