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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

JonathanIn Hebrew: ג׳ונתן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Jonathan (Hebrew: ג׳ונתן) is a boy's name of international origin. 453 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1988, with 24 babies.

People in Israel
453
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1988
24 babies
USA, 2025
3,822
rank #89

Writing and saying Jonathan

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳ונתן, read right to left. Jonathan is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Jonathan by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Jonathan: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Jonathan in English-speaking countries

Jonathan in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,822#891988 (24,349)
United Kingdom2025164#3081997 (1,993)
England and Wales2025153#2961996 (1,881)
Scotland20256#4951988 (324)
Northern Ireland20255#3141998 (147)
Ireland202521#2201981 (476)
British Columbia202318#1931982 (245)
Alberta202533#1421982 (276)
Quebec202518#2751981 (1,920)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Jonathan has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Jonathan

How do you write Jonathan in Hebrew?

Jonathan is written ג׳ונתן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Jonathan?

453 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳ונתן: 0 women and 453 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Jonathan a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ג׳ונתן are men.

Is Jonathan used outside Israel?

The name Jonathan appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,822 boys were given it in 2025 (#89), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 164 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.