Jonatha
The Story of Jonatha
As a girl name
Jonatha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1944, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1946: 9 births, good for #3,430 nationwide. About 83% of every Jonatha on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Jonatha last appeared in the published SSA data in 1954, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jonatha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1962, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1986: 33 births, good for #1,837 nationwide. About 71% of every Jonatha on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Jonatha last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 311 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jonatha
Jonatha is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1962 and has accumulated 311 births in the dataset. Jonatha's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #1,837. Use the chart and map above to compare Jonatha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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