Jona
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to girls 76.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,751since 1933
Jona over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #6,256 | 13 |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,629 | 32 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,827 | 39 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,612 | 49 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
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| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1933
The first year at least five girls were named Jona! It came in at #3,753, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jona is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jona in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,937 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #13,208)
- 6,883 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #13,208)
- 5,942 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1964 at #1,497 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,243
- Highest: 1 in 33,243 girls born in 1964 were named Jona (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 24.4% of all girls named Jona (428) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 17 | #3,753 (1933) | #3,934 |
| 1940s | 61 | #2,861 (1943) | #3,961 |
| 1950s | 175 | #2,024 (1955) | #2,928 |
| 1960s | 428 | #1,497 (1964) | #1,792 |
| 1970s | 303 | #1,931 (1970) | #2,650 |
| 1980s | 268 | #2,447 (1981) | #3,437 |
| 1990s | 182 | #4,208 (1991) | #5,562 |
| 2000s | 142 | #4,834 (2001) | #8,475 |
| 2010s | 98 | #6,872 (2012) | #10,208 |
| 2020s | 77 | #6,169 (2023) | #8,777 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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