Jonathan Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Jonathan: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 870,866 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

870,866

Peak year

1988 #15

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-30.1%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	10,254	#31
2012	9,372	#34
2013	8,577	#41
2014	8,120	#44
2015	7,660	#48
2016	6,982	#56
2017	6,534	#55
2018	5,779	#63
2019	5,470	#64
2020	4,757	#70
2021	4,465	#77
2022	4,220	#79
2023	4,094	#82
2024	4,028	#83
2025	3,822	#89

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1988

3,532

2,307

1,939

1,236

1,020

955

Names from the same era

Justin · 1988 Terrance · 1988 Pierre · 1988 Jamel · 1988 Chaz · 1988 Darell · 1988 Andrew · 1987 Joshua · 1989 Benjamin · 1989 Aaron · 1989

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