Johnathan is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 590 boys in the United States.
Johnathan belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Johnathan first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #108 in 1990, and in 2024 590 babies received the name — 97,656 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Johnathan is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Johnathan is a boy name. In 2024, 590 babies received the name in the US.
Johnathan comes from the English & American tradition.
Johnathan first appears in US records in 1881. Its best-ever ranking was #108 in 1990, and 590 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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