Jonah

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jonah is a masculine given name derived from the Hebrew: ื™ื•ึนื ึธื”, Yonฤ, meaning dove or pigeon. It is the name of the Abrahamic prophet Jonah.

From Wikipedia

Jonah first appears in the data in 1981 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 60 babies (rank #224 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jonah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jonah yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

708
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
60
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19811#1,249
19821#1,292
19831#1,293
19841#1,301
19851#1,324
19861#1,327
19871#1,344
19882#1,161
19892#1,188
19902#1,199
19914#1,021
19923#1,108
19933#1,113
19944#1,038
19956#877
19965#953
199712#690
199815#636
199925#498
200019#575
200132#440
200238#392
200332#436
200443#358
200533#404
200637#362
200730#408
200847#304
200937#351
201050#272
201156#247
201253#250
201360#224
201451#253