How popular is “Jonathan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jonathan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jonathan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jonathan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jonathan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jonathan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jonathan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jonathan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	18	0.000089337		18	-100%
1881	21	0.000108984		21	-100%
1882	27	0.000121878		27	-100%
1883	17	0.000078361		17	-100%
1884	21	0.000086256		21	-100%
1885	30	0.000124557		30	-100%
1886	19	0.000074418		19	-100%
1887	10	0.000040422		10	-100%
1888	17	0.000056766		17	-100%
1889	12	0.00004153		12	-100%
1890	16	0.000053085		16	-100%
1891	12	0.00004186		12	-100%
1892	13	0.000038879		13	-100%
1893	9	0.000027673		9	-100%
1894	16	0.000047241		16	-100%
1895	9	0.00002564		9	-100%
1896	18	0.000050352		18	-100%
1897	15	0.000043233		15	-100%
1898	13	0.00003408		13	-100%
1899	8	0.000023583		8	-100%
1900	11	0.00002443		11	-100%
1901	9	0.000026026		9	-100%
1902	22	0.000056887		22	-100%
1903	19	0.000049843		19	-100%
1904	14	0.000034698		14	-100%
1905	14	0.000033025		14	-100%
1906	12	0.000028008		12	-100%
1907	11	0.000023636		11	-100%
1908	12	0.000024558		12	-100%
1909	15	0.000029341		15	-100%
1910	19	0.000032165		19	-100%
1911	24	0.000037251		24	-100%
1912	48	0.00004858		48	-100%
1913	53	0.000046609		53	-100%
1914	77	0.000054365		77	-100%
1915	83	0.000045295		83	-100%
1916	100	0.000051695		100	-100%
1917	96	0.000047839		96	-100%
1918	83	0.000038229		83	-100%
1919	77	0.000036489		77	-100%
1920	111	0.000049058		111	-100%
1921	122	0.000052259		122	-100%
1922	117	0.000051111		117	-100%
1923	97	0.000042128		97	-100%
1924	97	0.000040729		97	-100%
1925	114	0.000048858		114	-100%
1926	106	0.000046169		106	-100%
1927	108	0.000046565		108	-100%
1928	115	0.000050864		115	-100%
1929	91	0.000041512		91	-100%
1930	103	0.000046328		103	-100%
1931	117	0.000055598		117	-100%
1932	118	0.00005589		118	-100%
1933	126	0.000063017		126	-100%
1934	133	0.00006404		133	-100%
1935	167	0.000079908		167	-100%
1936	172	0.000082789		172	-100%
1937	197	0.000092459		197	-100%
1938	235	0.000106211		235	-100%
1939	295	0.000133881		295	-100%
1940	276	0.00011986		276	-100%
1941	359	0.000147347		359	-100%
1942	553	0.000202429		553	-100%
1943	575	0.000203716		575	-100%
1944	639	0.000237539		639	-100%
1945	881	0.000332088		881	-100%
1946	1102	0.000344881		1102	-100%
1947	1197	0.000332286		1197	-100%
1948	1283	0.000371613		1283	-100%
1949	1432	0.00041093		1432	-100%
1950	1538	0.000439007		1538	-100%
1951	1775	0.000481847		1775	-100%
1952	2063	0.00054318		2063	-100%
1953	2335	0.00060592		2335	-100%
1954	2751	0.000691083	8	2743	-99%
1955	3034	0.000755651	11	3023	-99%
1956	3131	0.000759392	6	3125	-100%
1957	3061	0.000728438	12	3049	-99%
1958	3090	0.000747477	7	3083	-100%
1959	3092	0.000743628	9	3083	-99%
1960	3352	0.000806969	11	3341	-99%
1961	3503	0.000845665	20	3483	-99%
1962	4269	0.001057895	14	4255	-99%
1963	4485	0.001133091	16	4469	-99%
1964	4665	0.001199968	19	4646	-99%
1965	4738	0.001306873	15	4723	-99%
1966	4683	0.001347372	20	4663	-99%
1967	4940	0.001455125	20	4920	-99%
1968	5829	0.001725366	23	5806	-99%
1969	7113	0.002046716	31	7082	-99%
1970	8229	0.002281705	35	8194	-99%
1971	8673	0.002526836	44	8629	-99%
1972	9274	0.00295069	51	9223	-99%
1973	10334	0.003425385	63	10271	-99%
1974	10294	0.003386185	63	10231	-99%
1975	10958	0.003629205	55	10903	-99%
1976	11397	0.003756056	82	11315	-99%
1977	12403	0.003904619	81	12322	-99%
1978	12595	0.003968341	81	12514	-99%
1979	14413	0.004332131	80	14333	-99%
1980	19092	0.00554274	104	18988	-99%
1981	22746	0.006575176	153	22593	-99%
1982	23282	0.006636902	168	23114	-99%
1983	22933	0.006621645	177	22756	-98%
1984	23527	0.006743666	183	23344	-98%
1985	24297	0.00680758	181	24116	-99%
1986	24147	0.006788437	174	23973	-99%
1987	23299	0.006461868	179	23120	-98%
1988	24512	0.006633752	164	24348	-99%
1989	23708	0.006166817	101	23607	-99%
1990	24169	0.006114898	92	24077	-99%
1991	23062	0.005920521	87	22975	-99%
1992	21479	0.005591636	64	21415	-99%
1993	20023	0.005310748	71	19952	-99%
1994	19144	0.005149486	76	19068	-99%
1995	18211	0.004972755	56	18155	-99%
1996	18664	0.005117357	62	18602	-99%
1997	18584	0.005125562	43	18541	-100%
1998	17686	0.004808321	37	17649	-100%
1999	17104	0.004630378	38	17066	-100%
2000	16937	0.004480802	49	16888	-99%
2001	16185	0.004323621	39	16146	-100%
2002	15549	0.004159387	35	15514	-100%
2003	15025	0.003951536	32	14993	-100%
2004	14452	0.003782332	77	14375	-99%
2005	14469	0.003763221	27	14442	-100%
2006	14414	0.003643405	27	14387	-100%
2007	13833	0.003460254	24	13809	-100%
2008	12922	0.003287484	18	12904	-100%
2009	11398	0.002983633	14	11384	-100%
2010	11154	0.00301807	14	11140	-100%
2011	10274	0.002808798	21	10253	-100%
2012	9379	0.002564413	10	9369	-100%
2013	8587	0.002355399	12	8575	-100%
2014	8130	0.002193517	10	8120	-100%
2015	7667	0.002071652	11	7656	-100%
2016	6996	0.001906944	16	6980	-100%
2017	6533	0.001826802	6	6527	-100%
2018	5781	0.001644246	7	5774	-100%
2019	5472	0.001576521	6	5466	-100%
2020	4764	0.001426101	9	4755	-100%
2021	4463	0.001317316	5	4458	-100%
2022	4221	0.001247659	8	4213	-100%
2023	4094	0.001236411	6	4088	-100%
2024	4018	0.00120715		4018	-100%

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