Yonah Boy
How popular is Yonah?
#2,940 boy name in 2025
42 baby boys were named Yonah in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
Yonah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,940 for boys (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+110% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,709 in 2015, #4,017 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (43 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,915 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yonah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yonah family of names ranked #1,963 for boys in 2025 (#1,716 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yonah | 42 | 74% |
| Yona | 15 | 26% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yonah is most popular
Babies named Yonah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (82 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
Yonah by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #5,056 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,128 |
| 1990s | 123 | #3,400 |
| 2000s | 228 | #3,397 |
| 2010s | 255 | #3,423 |
| 2020s | 214 | #2,915 |
Boy names about as popular as Yonah
Questions
- Is Yonah a boy or girl name?
- Yonah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Yonah were boys.
- How popular is the name Yonah?
- 42 baby boys were named Yonah in the US in 2025, making it the 2940th most popular boy name.
- When was Yonah most popular?
- Yonah peaked in 2024, when 43 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,915 in 2024.
- How many people are named Yonah?
- 937 babies have been named Yonah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 922 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Yonah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yonah was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.