How Many People Are Named Jonah?
people named Jonah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,093 people in the US has this name
Based on 86,075 babies named Jonah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,998 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name ΧΧΦΉΧ ΦΈΧ (Yonah) meaning "dove". This was the name of a prophet swallowed by a fish, as told in the Old Testament Book of Jonah. Jonah was commanded by God to preach in Nineveh, but instead fled by boat. After being caught in a storm, the other sailors threw Jonah overboard, at which point he was swallowed. He emerged from the fish alive and repentant three days later.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jonah, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Jonah alive today is about 16 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 23 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Jonah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2008, to 2,998 babies. In 2025, 2,867 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Jonah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #124, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #128.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #128 |
| Best rank | #124 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #142 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Jonah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jonah were born in California than in any other state: about 9,264 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jonah was given 4.6 times as often in Hawaii, 1.6 times in Alaska and 1.6 times in District of Columbia.
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