Johnathon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Johnathon: Recorded since 1991, its highest recorded position is #238, and it stood at #3,449 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#513
1997	#567
1998	#716
1999	#809
2000	#1002
2001	#814
2002	#1190
2003	#1410
2004	#1732
2005	#1851
2006	#1892
2007	#3589
2008	#1596
2009	#2837
2011	#1788
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2016	#4023
2017	#2734
2018	#4749
2022	#3449

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 England and Wales in 21 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2001: #280 among boys in Northern Ireland, #814 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1991–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #263 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1991–2000
Highest recorded position: #238 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1992 (recorded 1991–2000).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #3449 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Johnathon appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 257 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1991.

Johnathon across 2 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.

Johnathon'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
England and Wales · Boys	#513 (1996)	#513 (1996)	#3449 (2022)	21 of 27	257 (1996–2022)	35 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#263 (1991)	#238 (1992)	#390 (2000)	7 of 10	31 (1991–2000)	7 (1992)

Johnathon by decade in England and Wales · 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 Johnathon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	109	4 of 10	27
2000sbusiest	110	10 of 10	11
2010s	33	6 of 10	6
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Johnathon 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 1991 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Johnathon'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#716	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#567	31	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#513	35	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	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 1991 and 2022, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 1992.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 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.

John-Paul · #240, 29y
Johnathan · #139, 49y
Johnnie · #341, 29y
Johnny · #44, 81y

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.

Alix · #238, 29y
Erinn · #238, 28y
Karis · #238, 29y
Katelynn · #238, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y

Johnathon was ranked #238 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1992. 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.

Johnathon 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 Johnathon without appearing here.

Johnathon moved ahead of

Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4749 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4749 and #1683 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2837 and #3227.

Moved ahead of Johnathon

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Anders Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2259.
Andrea Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1788 and #2039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3987 and #1756.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Johnathon

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 while Albie went from #853 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 while Alfie went from #119 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 while Archie went from #192 to #11.

Moved the same way as Johnathon

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Johnathon went from #513 to #3449 and Alan from #163 to #472.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1991 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Johnathon

Johnathon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Johnathon across 2 official records

Johnathon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Johnathon appears in

Popularity data

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Johnathon at a glance

Johnathon across 2 official records

Johnathon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Johnathon appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Johnathon

Johnathon and the names beside it

Johnathon moved ahead of

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