Yehonatan

#10,639 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Jonathan

Yehonatan has been given to 96 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #10,639 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Yehonatan, 2025

1 in 474,000

Yehonatan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yehonatan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Jonathan

Hebrew

What Yehonatan means

Yehonatan is a form of Jonathan.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Yehonatan → Jonathan. The family’s meaning is “God has given”, recorded in English with the source elements yōnāṯān.

Origin, language, and formation

Yehonatan is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Yehonatan comes through Hebrew יהונתן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jonathan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 96 boys were recorded with the name Yehonatan between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2015; its best national rank was #6,304 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,698 in 2020 to #10,639 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,304 in 2015 to #10,639 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Yehonatan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,639; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yehonatan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yehonatan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yehonatans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yehonatan was born before 2015 — so the typical Yehonatan is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 53.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 96; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 53.1% of all recorded uses (51).

Is Yehonatan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,941; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,335; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 2015 (14)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,304; 2015

Spellings of Yehonatan

Yehonatan is not the most common spelling — Yonatan is, with 66.0% against Yehonatan's 2.5%.

Yonatan66.0%2,551
Jhonatan31.5%1,216
Yehonatan2.5%96

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Yehonatan around the world

Where Yehonatan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2011
#4,647
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Yehonatan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,639
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,941
Best rank ever: #6,304; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 14 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 96
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Yehonatan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Johnattan Yehya Elnatan Jonhatan Yehia Ehitan Yehudah Kingstan Jonnatan Eastan Destan Jonahtan Yehoshua Jonattan Kirtan Drystan Trestan Trentan Thristan Zlatan Neytan Jhonatan Cristan Altan

Sibling names for Yehonatan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Adelle Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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