Johnathan

“Variant of Jonathan — God has given” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #508 in the US (2025) · 90s

Johnathan's best rank, #108, came in 1990; it has settled back to #508 today. Roughly 98,000 boys have been named Johnathan since 1881. Johnathan is the less common spelling of Jonathan — about 13% of babies given the name are written this way; Jonathan itself ranked #89 in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Johnathans

Johnathan Motley — American basketball player
Johnathan Aparecido da Silva — Brazilian footballer
Johnathan Wendel — American professional esports player
Johnathan Williams — American basketball player (born 1995)
Johnathan Cabral — American-Canadian hurdler

What Johnathans become

Among 110 notable people named Johnathan:

Sports figures appear 3.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Johnathan Motley, American basketball player.

Similar names: Jonathan · Zachariah · Jonas · Jared · Ruben · Jordan

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