Johnathan vs Johnetta
American parents have registered 98,611 Johnathans since 1880, against 3,201 Johnettas. Johnathan is still ahead, with 594 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Johnathan Johnetta
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 118 years in which either name was published, Johnathan for 76 years and Johnetta for 42 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Johnathan | Johnetta | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 98,611 | 3,201 |
| Most in one year | 3,253 | 69 |
| Babies in 2025 | 594 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 94,000 | 2,300 |
| Median age today | 29 | 58 |
| Peak year | 1990 | 1952 |
| Best rank | 108th boys | 1,138th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 508th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1892 |
| Girls / boys | 349 / 98,262 | 3,201 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Johnettas alive today are over 58; half the Johnathans are over 29. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Johnathan Nevada (1.8×), Tennessee (1.7×), Florida (1.6×)
- Johnetta Kentucky (6.4×), Louisiana (5.0×), Illinois (3.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Johnathan and Johnetta.