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“Variant of Jonathan — God has given” — Hebrew origin
Boy's name · #1488 in the US (2025) · 90s
Jonathon's best rank, #124, came in 1990; it has stepped well back to #1488 today. Roughly 66,000 boys have been named Jonathon since 1912. Together with its spelling variant Johnathon (#2171), Jonathon would rank around #1141 with about 180 births last year — the newborns split about 64/36 between Jonathon and Johnathon.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 124 notable people named Jonathon:
Sports figures appear 2.05× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player.
Similar names: Johnathon · Zackary · Johnpaul · Deshawn · Davion · Shaun
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