Rank 2025
#2,832
among boys · ↓488 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
45
named Yonatan · -26% vs 2024
How common
1 in 37,957
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2005
100 babies
All-time total
2,551
#2,834 all-time among boys
First recorded
1974
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Yonatan is most popular
Boys named Yonatan per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.031 per 1,000.
Strongest in New York, California, and Texas.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Yonatan born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Yonatan
Yonatan is rare for boys in the United States, ranked #2,832 in 2025 with 45 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1974, 2,551 American babies have been named Yonatan. Its peak came in 2005, when 100 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Yonatan stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
