Jonah
#347 most common boys' name of all time · #765 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#347
Rank overall
#765 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
86,075
Since 2016
27,926
Peak year
2008 #136
Best rank
#124 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 2,998/yr
Jonah is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 2,828 | 2,867 | #128 |
| 2024 | 25 | 2,893 | 2,918 | #126 |
| 2023 | 33 | 2,900 | 2,933 | #124 |
| 2022 | 18 | 2,754 | 2,772 | #135 |
| 2021 | 28 | 2,739 | 2,767 | #138 |
| 2020 | 22 | 2,821 | 2,843 | #128 |
| 2019 | 21 | 2,693 | 2,714 | #139 |
| 2018 | 36 | 2,725 | 2,761 | #145 |
| 2017 | 23 | 2,524 | 2,547 | #154 |
| 2016 | 26 | 2,778 | 2,804 | #150 |
| 2015 | 24 | 2,913 | 2,937 | #143 |
| 2014 | 26 | 2,920 | 2,946 | #138 |
| 2013 | 18 | 2,903 | 2,921 | #132 |
| 2012 | 17 | 2,955 | 2,972 | #128 |
| 2011 | 23 | 2,867 | 2,890 | #144 |
| 2010 | 23 | 2,775 | 2,798 | #143 |
| 2009 | 17 | 2,718 | 2,735 | #147 |
| 2008 | 17 | 2,981 | 2,998 | #136 |
| 2007 | 26 | 2,510 | 2,536 | #165 |
| 2006 | 21 | 2,411 | 2,432 | #170 |
| 2005 | 17 | 2,222 | 2,239 | #184 |
| 2004 | 19 | 2,296 | 2,315 | #177 |
| 2003 | 15 | 2,431 | 2,446 | #164 |
| 2002 | 20 | 2,313 | 2,333 | #167 |
| 2001 | 15 | 1,982 | 1,997 | #187 |
| 2000 | 18 | 1,833 | 1,851 | #192 |
| 1999 | 18 | 1,710 | 1,728 | #197 |
| 1998 | 17 | 1,465 | 1,482 | #219 |
| 1997 | 20 | 1,621 | 1,641 | #196 |
| 1996 | 14 | 1,569 | 1,583 | #197 |
| 1995 | 12 | 1,371 | 1,383 | #215 |
| 1994 | 11 | 1,179 | 1,190 | #245 |
| 1993 | 10 | 449 | 459 | #469 |
| 1992 | 11 | 224 | 235 | #693 |
| 1991 | 6 | 246 | 252 | #649 |
| 1990 | 7 | 239 | 246 | #653 |
| 1989 | 6 | 260 | 266 | #613 |
| 1988 | — | 243 | 243 | #603 |
| 1987 | — | 290 | 290 | #529 |
| 1986 | 6 | 235 | 241 | #580 |
| 1985 | 9 | 267 | 276 | #532 |
| 1984 | 7 | 269 | 276 | #522 |
| 1983 | — | 260 | 260 | #518 |
| 1982 | 9 | 287 | 296 | #501 |
| 1981 | 7 | 384 | 391 | #425 |
| 1980 | 8 | 394 | 402 | #412 |
| 1979 | 10 | 390 | 400 | #403 |
| 1978 | — | 168 | 168 | #647 |
| 1977 | 7 | 226 | 233 | #557 |
| 1976 | 5 | 185 | 190 | #596 |
| 1975 | — | 131 | 131 | #723 |
| 1974 | — | 151 | 151 | #655 |
| 1973 | — | 130 | 130 | #705 |
| 1972 | — | 154 | 154 | #640 |
| 1971 | — | 162 | 162 | #646 |
| 1970 | — | 70 | 70 | #963 |
| 1969 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,189 |
| 1968 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,222 |
| 1967 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,391 |
| 1966 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1965 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1964 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #1,413 |
| 1963 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,593 |
| 1962 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,369 |
| 1961 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,785 |
| 1960 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,528 |
| 1959 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,715 |
| 1958 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,560 |
| 1957 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,493 |
| 1956 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,365 |
| 1955 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,141 |
| 1954 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,713 |
| 1953 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,335 |
| 1952 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,201 |
| 1951 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,222 |
| 1950 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1949 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,824 |
| 1948 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,434 |
| 1947 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,745 |
| 1946 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,385 |
| 1945 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 1944 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,534 |
| 1943 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,244 |
| 1942 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,385 |
| 1941 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,309 |
| 1940 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,258 |
| 1939 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,177 |
| 1938 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1937 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,375 |
| 1936 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,149 |
| 1935 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 1934 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,099 |
| 1933 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,367 |
| 1932 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,476 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,782 |
| 1930 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1929 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,380 |
| 1928 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1927 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1926 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,669 |
| 1925 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,254 |
| 1924 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1923 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,277 |
| 1922 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1921 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1920 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,007 |
| 1919 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,451 |
| 1918 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,260 |
| 1917 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,403 |
| 1916 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1915 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,125 |
| 1914 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,396 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,212 |
| 1912 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,233 |
| 1911 | — | 18 | 18 | #771 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,449 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,477 |
| 1908 | — | 17 | 17 | #647 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #892 |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,283 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,025 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,245 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,175 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,042 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #806 |
| 1899 | — | 7 | 7 | #882 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #833 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #980 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,135 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #909 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #852 |
| 1892 | — | 8 | 8 | #814 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #731 |
| 1890 | — | 9 | 9 | #706 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #824 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #944 |
| 1887 | — | 11 | 11 | #574 |
| 1885 | — | 16 | 16 | #477 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #598 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #628 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #970 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #893 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #714 |