Jonathan is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #15980 in 2025 with 5 recorded births. This places Jonathan in the bottom 8% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 77 births ranking #2274. Since 1996, the popularity has decreased by 91.9%. In 2025, approximately 1 in every 321,453 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.