Jonathon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jonathon: Recorded since 1974, it reached #74 in 1982, and it stood at #3,848 in 2020.

5registrars recorded it
83times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#74highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#175
1997	#203
1998	#218
1999	#279
2000	#277
2001	#359
2002	#357
2003	#437
2004	#439
2005	#474
2006	#698
2007	#782
2008	#916
2009	#1265
2010	#1551
2011	#1045
2012	#1507
2013	#2403
2014	#2248
2015	#2020
2016	#2027
2017	#3996
2018	#4749
2019	#2104
2020	#3848

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 30 of the 46 years from 1974 to 2019.

In 2019: #646 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2104 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1974–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #321 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1981–1994
Highest recorded position: #74 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1983 (recorded 1981–1994).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #3848 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Jonathon appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 250 births with the name.

Jonathon across 5 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.

Jonathon'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	#321 (1974)	#110 (1999)	#646 (2019)	30 of 46	250 (1974–2019)	39 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#175 (1996)	#175 (1996)	#3848 (2020)	25 of 25	1,245 (1996–2020)	190 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#89 (1981)	#74 (1983)	#95 (1994)	13 of 14	1,153 (1981–1994)	107 (1983)
New Zealand · Boys	#92 (1980)	#74 (1982)	#97 (1989)	6 of 10	349 (1980–1989)	64 (1982)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#109 (1997)	#109 (1997)	#265 (2005)	9 of 9	74 (1997–2005)	21 (1997)

Jonathon 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 Jonathon in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	6	2 of 10	3
1980s	68	8 of 10	9
1990sbusiest	123	10 of 10	12
2000s	42	7 of 10	6
2010s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births rose by 28, from 11 to 39.

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

Jonathon 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 5 regions, from 1974 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #74 in New Zealand in 1982.

Jonathon'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#782	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#698	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#474	59	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#439	62	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#437	58	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#357	70	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#359	68	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#277	98	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#279	100	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#218	141	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#203	163	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#175	190	High	Verified
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New Zealand	male	#97	57	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#77	64	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#85	57	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#74	64	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#96	53	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#92	54	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#204	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#176	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#168	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#109	21	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	12	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	39	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	13	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	14	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#333	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 5 registrars between 1974 and 2020, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #74, first reached in 1982.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 190 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 23 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.

Jonatan · #119, 44y
Jonathan · #15, 70y
Jone · #181, 70y
Jones · #3254, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Adeline · #77, 45y
Chantelle · #78, 42y
Jodi · #78, 40y
Cherie · #67, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Tristan · #74, 49y
Vaughan · #74, 31y
Jolene · #75, 46y
Kristie · #73, 22y

Jonathon was ranked #74 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1983. 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.

Jonathon 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 Jonathon without appearing here.

Jonathon moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 1997 they stood at #276 and #234 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1998 that had become #193 and #369.
Roger Compare
In 2005 they stood at #500 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #384 and #493.
Ashley Compare
In 2010 they stood at #500 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #730.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #601 and #444 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #623 and #730.

Moved ahead of Jonathon

Wayne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2266 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1723.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #1935.
Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2076.
Keith Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2027 and #2804 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #2324.

Moved the opposite way to Jonathon

Aaron Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 while Aaron went from #152 to #33.
Adam Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 while Adam went from #148 to #6.
Alex Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 while Alex went from #321 to #14.
Alexander Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 while Alexander went from #127 to #36.

Moved the same way as Jonathon

Adrian Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 and Adrian from #46 to #199.
Alfred Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 and Alfred from #218 to #646.
Daithi Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 and Daithi from #321 to #564.
Denis Compare
Between 1974 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jonathon went from #321 to #646 and Denis from #44 to #148.

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 5 regions, from 1974 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #74 in New Zealand in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Jonathon

Jonathon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jonathon across 5 official records

Jonathon by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jonathon appears in

Popularity data

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Jonathon across 5 official records

Jonathon by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jonathon appears in

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Jonathon and the names beside it

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