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Jonathan

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1984 · #843
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:4,018 in 2024 (#83)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Jonathan in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1984 with 183 babies, ranked #843.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1954.
  • 3,570 girls have been named Jonathan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Jonathan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 133 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 848 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,988 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 505 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 96 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].

  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈd͡ʒɒnəθən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Jonathan, CC BY-SA 4.0.