Johnathan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Johnathan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Johnathan: Recorded since 1971, it reached #139 in 1997, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#139highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#267
1997	#383
1998	#369
1999	#411
2000	#436
2001	#452
2002	#671
2003	#577
2004	#555
2005	#557
2006	#624
2007	#742
2008	#867
2009	#1099
2010	#1029
2011	#929
2012	#1367
2013	#1796
2014	#1630
2015	#2020
2016	#1234
2017	#1042
2018	#1533
2019	#1439
2020	#1825
2021	#1595
2022	#1609
2023	#1701
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 38 of the 51 years from 1971 to 2021.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1595 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #280 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2010
Highest recorded position: #139 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2010).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Johnathan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 38 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 240 births with the name.

Johnathan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Johnathan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#280 (1971)	#178 (1995)	#755 (2021)	38 of 51	240 (1971–2021)	15 (1995)
England and Wales · Boys	#267 (1996)	#267 (1996)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	933 (1996–2024)	107 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#139 (1997)	#139 (1997)	#387 (2010)	11 of 14	53 (1997–2010)	13 (1997)

Johnathan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Johnathan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	21	4 of 10	5
1980s	67	10 of 10	7
1990sbusiest	90	10 of 10	9
2000s	39	8 of 10	5
2010s	17	4 of 10	4
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Johnathan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #139 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Johnathan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1234	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1029	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#742	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#624	45	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#557	48	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#555	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#577	39	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#671	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#452	46	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#436	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#411	54	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#369	61	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#383	59	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#267	107	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#139	13	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	15	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #139, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 107 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Johnathon · #238, 25y
Johnnie · #341, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jayne · #139, 53y
Nichola · #140, 46y
Beata · #141, 49y
Clifford · #142, 51y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Rohan · #139, 34y
Arron · #138, 44y
Torjus · #138, 47y
Paulina · #141, 51y

Johnathan was ranked #139 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Johnathan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Johnathan without appearing here.

Johnathan moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2020 and #1673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1234 and #1804.
Brett Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2020 and #1380 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1234 and #1704.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #2160.
Rodney Compare
In 1994 they stood at #274 and #274 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1995 that had become #178 and #301.

Moved ahead of Johnathan

Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1282.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1460.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1859.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1859.

Moved the opposite way to Johnathan

Aaron Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 while Aaron went from #204 to #42.
Adam Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 while Adam went from #164 to #22.
Alexander Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 while Alexander went from #120 to #43.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 while Benjamin went from #184 to #66.

Moved the same way as Johnathan

Adrian Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 and Adrian from #52 to #257.
Denis Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 and Denis from #30 to #182.
Julian Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 and Julian from #155 to #225.
Markus Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Johnathan went from #280 to #755 and Markus from #304 to #755.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #139 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Johnathan

Johnathan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johnathan across 3 official records

Johnathan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Johnathan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Johnathan at a glance

Johnathan across 3 official records

Johnathan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Johnathan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Johnathan

Johnathan and the names beside it

Johnathan moved ahead of

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