Jonathan is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #8474 in 2010 with 14 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 77 births ranking #2274. Since 1996, the popularity has decreased by 77.4%. In 2010, approximately 1 in every 126,952 girls born was named Jonathan. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Jonathan is a Hebrew classic meaning "Yahweh has given". It has long been one of the most approachable formal biblical names in English.
The name is best known from Jonathan in the Bible, the loyal friend of David, and later spread widely through Jewish and Christian naming tradition. It remains steady because it sounds both kind and substantial.