Jonah

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Jonah first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 142 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 2,981 babies (rank #136 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,879 boys (rank #126). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
83,176
Total babies (all years)
142
Years in the data
2,981
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18808#714
18815#944
18825#1,017
188310#618
188411#588
188516#469
188711#567
18886#984
18897#846
18909#705
18918#735
18928#832
18937#872
18957#935
18965#1,180
18976#1,011
18988#848
18997#904
190011#817
19026#1,082
19035#1,213
19045#1,302
19057#1,034
19065#1,334
190710#905
190817#645
19095#1,582
19106#1,509
191118#777
191215#1,246
191318#1,228
191419#1,420
191533#1,136
191632#1,167
191725#1,417
191831#1,272
191925#1,467
192047#1,012
192133#1,284
192244#1,066
192332#1,289
192433#1,279
192533#1,270
192621#1,685
192729#1,392
192830#1,341
192927#1,399
193019#1,729
193117#1,805
193223#1,491
193324#1,384
193436#1,109
193527#1,311
193633#1,153
193724#1,390
193818#1,652
193931#1,180
194029#1,266
194126#1,318
194225#1,399
194331#1,250
194420#1,554
194530#1,213
194626#1,395
194719#1,757
194826#1,444
194917#1,853
195022#1,589
195136#1,231
195238#1,204
195332#1,346
195420#1,731
195543#1,143
195632#1,369
195728#1,500
195825#1,570
195922#1,743
196028#1,541
196121#1,800
196233#1,378
196325#1,611
196431#1,419
196533#1,346
196620#1,739
196730#1,397
196839#1,226
196944#1,192
197070#963
1971161#650
1972154#640
1973130#705
1974151#657
1975132#721
1976185#597
1977226#557
1978168#646
1979390#403
1980394#412
1981385#424
1982287#501
1983260#518
1984269#521
1985268#531
1986235#580
1987290#529
1988243#603
1989260#613
1990239#654
1991246#649
1992224#694
1993449#469
19941,179#245
19951,371#215
19961,569#197
19971,621#196
19981,465#219
19991,710#197
20001,833#192
20011,982#187
20022,312#167
20032,431#164
20042,296#177
20052,222#184
20062,411#170
20072,510#165
20082,981#136
20092,718#147
20102,775#143
20112,867#143
20122,955#128
20132,902#132
20142,920#138
20152,913#143
20162,778#150
20172,523#154
20182,725#145
20192,693#139
20202,819#128
20212,735#138
20222,749#135
20232,895#124
20242,879#126