Yonatan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yonatan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,782 in 2021, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1782highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1998	#2901
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#3208
2006	#2870
2007	#2023
2008	#1953
2009	#2318
2010	#3332
2011	#2613
2012	#1962
2013	#2954
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#4810
2017	#3449
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2021	#1782
2022	#2755
2023	#3523
2024	#2921

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 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1782 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yonatan 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 Yonatan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	51	8 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	32	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Yonatan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1782 in England and Wales in 2021.

Yonatan'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,782, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Emin · #1782, 24y
Jood · #1782, 19y
Ravneet · #1782, 27y
Freyah · #1783, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emin · #1782, 24y
Ravneet · #1782, 27y
Sham · #1782, 17y
Lilac · #1783, 27y

Yonatan 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 Yonatan without appearing here.

Yonatan moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2613 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #4333.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2318 and #4527.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Yonatan

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #1201.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1782 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1782 and #1860 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1879.

Moved the opposite way to Yonatan

Rune Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yonatan went from #2070 to #2921 while Rune went from #3651 to #1460.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yonatan went from #2023 to #2921 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Yonatan

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Yonatan went from #2357 to #3523 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Yonatan went from #2357 to #3523 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Yonatan went from #2357 to #3523 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1782 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yonatan

Yonatan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yonatan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yonatan at a glance

Yonatan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yonatan and the names beside it

Yonatan moved ahead of

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