Jonathan

Hebrew

"gift of Jehovah"

The name Jonathan is currently ranked #83 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #15 in 1988. The name is most popular in JONATHAN, JONATHAN, and JONATHAN. Jonathan is occasionally used for girls in 2023.

Jonathan Rank in US Top 1000

# 83 in the US

Jonathan Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 155 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Jonathan

• 83 US 2024
• 155 Nameberry 2026
• 162 Canada 2024
• 302 England 2024
• 100 Australia 2014
• 41 Germany 2025
• 124 Netherlands 2015
• 43 Mexico 2021
• 91 sweden 2021
• 50 Norway 2018
• 187 switzerland 2024
• 40 Austria 2024

20 Names Similar to Jonathan

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jonathan.

• Christian
• Anthony
• Eric
• Christopher
• Michael
• Mark
• Stephen
• Adam
• Jeremy
• Jeremiah
• Johnathan
• Joshua
• David
• Matthew
• Alan
• Joseph
• Aaron
• Timothy
• Nicolas
• Kevin

Famous People Named Jonathan

• Jonathan valiant man under King David, son of Shage (1 Chr. 11:34)
• Jonathan son of Abiathar, a priest in King David's reign (2 Samuel 17:27)
• Jonathan father of Ebed, who returned to Israel with Ezra (Ezra 8:6)
• Jonathan son of Asahel; mentioned in Ezra 10:15
• Jonathan Swift Irish novelist
• Jonathan Daniel "Jon" Hamm American actor
• Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz birth name of Jon Stewart, American comedian and TV host
• Jonathan Harshman Winters American comedian
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers Irish actor
• (Robert) Jonathan Demme American film director
• Jonathan Scott Frakes American actor
• Jonathan Safran Foer American novelist
• Jonathan Firth English actor
• (Herbert) Jonathan Cape English publisher
• Jonathan Stark American tennis player
• Jonathan "Jonny" Marray English tennis player
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas American actor
• Jonathan Coulton American singer,songwriter
• Jonathan Stewart American football player
• Jonathan Joel Babineaux American football player
• Jonathan Alan Horton American gymnast
• Jonathan Barnaby Moody son of actor Ron Moody
• Jonathan Kendrick "Johnny" Lewis American actor
• Jonathan Stephen Ross English TV presenter
• Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries American actor
• Jonathan Stuart Osser American actor
• Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter American actor
• Jonathan Drew Groff American actor
• Jonathan Robert Papelbon American baseball pitcher
• Jonathan Anthony Stroud English novelist
• Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel Canadian actor
• Jonathan Gregory Brandis American actor
• Kenneth George "Jonathan" King English singer and producer
• Jonathan Howsmon Davis lead singer of American band Korn
• Jonathan Smith aka Lil Jon American rapper
• Jonathan Luke Ke Huy Quan American actor
• Jonathan Pryce (born John Price) Welsh actor
• Jonathan Allen Lethem American novelist
• Jonathan Stafford American ballet dancer
• Jonathan Philip Agnew English cricketer and broadcaster
• Jonathan Odell American poet
• Jonathan Lewis Seward birth name of Johnny Christ, bassist of American metal band Avenged Sevenfold
• Jonathan Benjamin "JB" Gill pop singer of English group JLS
• Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan Nigerian politician
• Jonathan Brian Toews Canadian hockey player
• Jonathan Patrick Joly Irish vlogger
• Jonathan Cheban American TV personality
• Jonathan Crombie Canadian actor (Gilbert Blythe on "Anne of Green Gables")
• Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman (b. 2016) son of American actress Anne Hathaway
• Jonathan Van Ness grooming expert on Netflix's Queer Eye
• Jonathan "Jonny" Sims writer and performer on "The Magnus Archives", used to perform with "The Mechanisms"
• Jonathan "JD" Daviss American actor

The name Jonathan in Pop Culture

• Jonathan Alexander (Xander) Emerson main male character in Scarlett Avery’s book “Delectably British”.
• Jonathan Byers character in "Stranger Things"
• Jonathan mythical creature in short story "Out There" by author Justine Avery
• Jonathan "Johnny" DiMarco character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Jonathan Christopher "Jace" Herondale character in the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
• Jonathan character in flash fiction collection "Teasers & Pleasers: Short,Short Stories to Tickle Your Fancy in All the Right Places" by author Liam Holt
• Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern character in the Mortal Instruments series
• Jonathan Harker character in Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Jonathan of Conte a character in the Tortall series by Tamora Pierce
• Jonathan Kent adoptive father of Superman
• Jonathan "Jon" Kent son of Superman
• Jonathan "Johnny" Storm character in Marvel Universe
• Jonathan Pangborn character in Marvel Universe
• Dr. Jonathan Ohnn aka Spot character in Marvel Universe
• "Jonathan Cleaned Up Then He Heard A Sound" (or Blackberry Subway Jam), children's book by Robert Munsch
• Jonathan "Jono" Van Helsing character on TV's "Young Dracula"
• Jonathan E character in 1975 movie "Rollerball'
• Jonathan "John" Gilbert character in The Vampire Diaries series
• Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow villain in the Batman series
• Jonathan "Than" Getslinhaumer character in YouTube series, "The Most Popular Girls in School", who is conflicted about his sexuality
• "Jonathan Livingston Seagull " novel by Richard Bach
• Jonathan assistant on TV's "30 Rock"
• Jonathan Archer captain on TV's "Star Trek: Enterprise"
• Jonathan J. "Jack" O'Neill character on TV's "Stargate SG,1"
• Jonathan Levinson character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• "Jonathan " song by Fiona Apple
• Jonathan Phaedrus aka "Prof," character in The Reckoners Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
• Jonathan Strange titular character in Susanna Clarke's novel "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell"
• Jonathan Joestar aka "JoJo," character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Jonathan "Johnny Stein " character in the movie Hotel Transylvania
• Jonathan Creek titular character on BBC's Jonathan Creek
• Jonathan Smith main character in TV series "Highway to Heaven"
• Jonathan "John" Murphy character in "The 100"
• Jonathan Q "Jon" Arbuckle Character in the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis,
• Jonathan Turner unconventional English teacher on TV show "Boy Meets World"
• Jonathan Sims head archivist of the Magnus Institute, London on "The Magnus Archives"