Given name
Jotham
“God is perfect”
Jotham is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is perfect.”
Original Hebrewיותם
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God is perfect.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb tamam (תמם), “to be complete.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jotham appears in 1 Chronicles 2:47, Judges 9:5-57, 2 Kings 15:5 and 6 other passages.
- 1 Chronicles 2:47
- Judges 9:5-57
- 2 Kings 15:5
- 2 Kings 15:37
- Isaiah 1:1
- Hosea 1:1
- Micah 1:1
- 2 Kings 16:1
- Matthew 1:9
From biblical name research
Jotham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 681
- 681 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,714 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,714 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 564 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jotham’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jotham
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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