Masculine dossier · first seen 1983

Yonathan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Yonathan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1983Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

41.2%

2024

All-time

1,431

Yonathan has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 68 boys were named Yonathan.

In 2024, only 40 boys were given the name.

Down 41.2% from its peak.

All told, about 1,431 Americans have been named Yonathan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1983.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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