Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: EnglishJonah is a masculine given name derived from the Hebrew: יוֹנָה, Yonā, meaning dove or pigeon. It is the name of the Abrahamic prophet Jonah.
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In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jonah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Jonah is the flattest name in this batch: down 1% over ten years, which within measurement noise is no movement at all. Its birth count high of 2,981 came in 2008 and its rank high of 124 in 2023, and today's 2,879 births at rank 126 sit within touching distance of both. Almost nothing has happened here in twenty years. One entry in the bearer list deserves a flag: J. Jonah Jameson is a fictional newspaper publisher from Spider-Man, recorded with no birth year and an occupation of philanthropist, which is doubly wrong. Jonah Hill, born 1983, and the rugby player Jonah Lomu are real. On the books since 1880 and 83,176 births deep, this is a biblical name that has found a level and stayed there.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 8 | #714 |
| 1881 | 5 | #944 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,017 |
| 1883 | 10 | #618 |
| 1884 | 11 | #588 |
| 1885 | 16 | #469 |
| 1887 | 11 | #567 |
| 1888 | 6 | #984 |
| 1889 | 7 | #846 |
| 1890 | 9 | #705 |
| 1891 | 8 | #735 |
| 1892 | 8 | #832 |
| 1893 | 7 | #872 |
| 1895 | 7 | #935 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,180 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,011 |
| 1898 | 8 | #848 |
| 1899 | 7 | #904 |
| 1900 | 11 | #817 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,082 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,213 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,302 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,034 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,334 |
| 1907 | 10 | #905 |
| 1908 | 17 | #645 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,509 |
| 1911 | 18 | #777 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,246 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,228 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,420 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,136 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,167 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,417 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,467 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,284 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,066 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,289 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,279 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,392 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,341 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,729 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,805 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,491 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,384 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,109 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,311 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,153 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,652 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,266 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,318 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,399 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,250 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,554 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,395 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,757 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,444 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,589 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,231 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,204 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,346 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,143 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,570 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,743 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,541 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,800 |
| 1962 | 33 | #1,378 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,611 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,419 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,346 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,397 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,226 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,192 |
| 1970 | 70 | #963 |
| 1971 | 161 | #650 |
| 1972 | 154 | #640 |
| 1973 | 130 | #705 |
| 1974 | 151 | #657 |
| 1975 | 132 | #721 |
| 1976 | 185 | #597 |
| 1977 | 226 | #557 |
| 1978 | 168 | #646 |
| 1979 | 390 | #403 |
| 1980 | 394 | #412 |
| 1981 | 385 | #424 |
| 1982 | 287 | #501 |
| 1983 | 260 | #518 |
| 1984 | 269 | #521 |
| 1985 | 268 | #531 |
| 1986 | 235 | #580 |
| 1987 | 290 | #529 |
| 1988 | 243 | #603 |
| 1989 | 260 | #613 |
| 1990 | 239 | #654 |
| 1991 | 246 | #649 |
| 1992 | 224 | #694 |
| 1993 | 449 | #469 |
| 1994 | 1,179 | #245 |
| 1995 | 1,371 | #215 |
| 1996 | 1,569 | #197 |
| 1997 | 1,621 | #196 |
| 1998 | 1,465 | #219 |
| 1999 | 1,710 | #197 |
| 2000 | 1,833 | #192 |
| 2001 | 1,982 | #187 |
| 2002 | 2,312 | #167 |
| 2003 | 2,431 | #164 |
| 2004 | 2,296 | #177 |
| 2005 | 2,222 | #184 |
| 2006 | 2,411 | #170 |
| 2007 | 2,510 | #165 |
| 2008 | 2,981 | #136 |
| 2009 | 2,718 | #147 |
| 2010 | 2,775 | #143 |
| 2011 | 2,867 | #143 |
| 2012 | 2,955 | #128 |
| 2013 | 2,902 | #132 |
| 2014 | 2,920 | #138 |
| 2015 | 2,913 | #143 |
| 2016 | 2,778 | #150 |
| 2017 | 2,523 | #154 |
| 2018 | 2,725 | #145 |
| 2019 | 2,693 | #139 |
| 2020 | 2,819 | #128 |
| 2021 | 2,735 | #138 |
| 2022 | 2,749 | #135 |
| 2023 | 2,895 | #124 |
| 2024 | 2,879 | #126 |
