Jonatan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jonatan: Recorded every year since 1982, it reached #119 in 2003, and it stood at #404 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#119highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jonatan's record

Ranked every year since 1982, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#3589
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2011	#2613
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2014	#2964
2016	#3478
2017	#3449
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2020	#4608
2023	#3523
2024	#5119

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 Norway in every year from 1982 to 2025.

In 2024: #285 among boys in Norway, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1982–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #624 among boys in Norway in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1982–2025
Highest recorded position: #119 among boys in Norway, in 2003 (recorded 1982–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #404 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Jonatan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 44 years beginning in 1982, and has registered 1,112 births with the name.

Jonatan 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.

Jonatan'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
Norway · Boys	#624 (1982)	#119 (2003)	#404 (2025)	44 of 44	1,112 (1982–2025)	60 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#3589 (2007)	#2613 (2011)	#5119 (2024)	14 of 18	62 (2007–2024)	7 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#701 (2009)	#701 (2009)	#718 (2012)	2 of 4	6 (2009–2012)	3 (2009)

Jonatan by decade in Norway · 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 Jonatan in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	54	8 of 10	7
1990s	222	10 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	458	10 of 10	46
2010s	291	10 of 10	29
2020s	87	6 of 10	15

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jonatan 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 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #119 in Norway in 2003.

Jonatan'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#285	14	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#221	21	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#250	16	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#294	12	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#228	17	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#306	13	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#201	26	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#223	22	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#240	21	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#207	26	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#178	32	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#199	28	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#174	35	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#155	41	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#140	47	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#134	51	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#124	60	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#161	40	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#169	36	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#161	40	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#145	47	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#119	57	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#156	38	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#151	43	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#150	46	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#160	41	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#184	30	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#229	22	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#225	23	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#242	20	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#243	22	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#274	19	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#291	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#353	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#296	17	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#314	15	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#450	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#622	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#582	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#506	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#583	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#624	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 1982 and 2025, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #119, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in Norway in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 27 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.

Jonah · #23, 31y
Jonas · #1, 77y
Jonathan · #15, 70y
Jonathon · #74, 43y

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.

Meghan · #119, 41y
Melvin · #119, 45y
Pascal · #116, 46y
Siofra · #116, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Meghan · #119, 41y
Charley · #115, 31y
Loke · #126, 30y
Arian · #127, 35y

Jonatan was ranked #119 in Norway · Boys in 2003. 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.

Jonatan 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 Jonatan without appearing here.

Jonatan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Jason Compare
In 1989 they stood at #622 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #296 and #625.
Ben Compare
In 1991 they stood at #353 and #311 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #291 and #583.
Denis Compare
In 1991 they stood at #353 and #350 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #291 and #538.

Moved ahead of Jonatan

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.
Jonah Compare
In 2024 they stood at #285 and #299 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #404 and #253.

Moved the opposite way to Jonatan

Denis Compare
Between 1982 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Jonatan went from #624 to #285 while Denis went from #285 to #423.
Geir Compare
Between 1982 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Jonatan went from #624 to #285 while Geir went from #30 to #482.
Paul Compare
Between 1982 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Jonatan went from #624 to #285 while Paul went from #124 to #370.
Rune Compare
Between 1982 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Jonatan went from #624 to #285 while Rune went from #23 to #498.

Moved the same way as Jonatan

Aaron Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jonatan went from #3589 to #5119 and Aaron from #49 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jonatan went from #3589 to #5119 and Alan from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jonatan went from #3589 to #5119 and Alex from #58 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jonatan went from #3589 to #5119 and Alexander from #22 to #36.

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 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #119 in Norway in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jonatan

Jonatan at a glance

What stands out in Jonatan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jonatan across 3 official records

Jonatan by decade in Norway · Boys

Jonatan appears in

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What stands out in Jonatan's record

Jonatan across 3 official records

Jonatan by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Jonatan

Jonatan and the names beside it

Jonatan moved ahead of

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