How Many People Are Named Yonah?
people named Yonah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 371,101 people in the US has this name
Based on 937 babies named Yonah in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of JONAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Yonah, 2.8% were girls and 97.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yonah alive today is about 16 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yonah first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 2024, to 43 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yonah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,954, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #2,988.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,988 |
| Best rank | #2,954 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,034 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yonah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yonah were born in New York than in any other state: about 395 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yonah was given 12.9 times as often in New York and 6.5 times in New Jersey.
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