Yonah

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312 · #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
Given to boys 97.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,915
2024 · 43 births
Debut · boys
1974
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
911
since 1974

Yonah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Yonah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,94142
2024—#2,91543
2023#10,3129#3,47433
2022#15,3065#3,27836
2021—#3,29735
2020#12,1427#4,02025
2019—#3,42633
2018—#3,44632
2017—#4,59421
2016—#4,47022
2015—#4,71120
2014—#3,69328
2013—#3,58229
2012—#3,80727
2011—#4,82219
2010—#4,09924
2009—#3,39932
2008#17,5045#4,26723
2007—#4,01125
2006—#4,00124
2005—#3,71025
2004—#4,79317
2003—#4,42618
2002—#3,67023
2001—#3,51224
2000—#4,38917
1999—#8,7046
1998—#3,84918
1997—#6,6188
1996—#3,40620
1995—#3,69317
1994—#3,59618
1993—#4,69712
1992—#5,23610
1991—#8,2365
1990—#5,3829
1989—#6,9416
1988—#5,7517
1987—#6,9515
1986—#3,13115
1985—#3,21614
1984—#6,3155
1983—#3,41112
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1980—#5,5256
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five boys were named Yonah! It came in at #5,227, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1974–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Yonah is popular in 2023

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMINew York: #675 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 4,084 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #1,046 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,073 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yonah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#675 · 1 in 4,084
  2. New Jersey#1,046 · 1 in 8,073

Best ever in a state: #603 in New Jersey, 2018.

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New Jersey#1,04651 in 8,073
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Yonah
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #2,941)
  • 1,079 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #2,941)
  • 1,770 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #2,941)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 2024 at #2,915 (43 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,067
  • Highest: 1 in 40,067 boys born in 2024 were named Yonah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.0% of all boys named Yonah (255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s11#5,059 (1978)#5,143
1980s80#3,131 (1986)#5,011
1990s123#3,406 (1996)#5,342
2000s228#3,399 (2009)#4,018
2010s255#3,426 (2019)#4,065
2020s214#2,915 (2024)#3,321

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yonah in 2023

girls
#10,312
9 births · 1 in 178,287 girls
boys
#3,474
33 births · 1 in 51,836 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #10,312Yonah9

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #3,474Yonah33
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 178,287 of them was named Yonah, which outranked 41.5% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yonah
  1. #9,616Zuhal10
  2. #9,616Zuleymi10
  3. #9,616Zuzanna10
  4. #10,312Yonah9
  5. #10,312Aadvika9
  6. #10,312Aakifah9
  7. #10,312Aava9
  8. #11,169Aaditri8
  9. #11,169Aadriti8
  10. #11,169Aaila8

Tied with 856 names at #10,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 51,836 of them was named Yonah, which outranked 75.6% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yonah
  1. #3,416Yonathan34
  2. #3,416Zay34
  3. #3,416Zebedee34
  4. #3,474Yonah33
  5. #3,474Akim33
  6. #3,474Akio33
  7. #3,474Alexandros33
  8. #3,566Albie32
  9. #3,566Amaziah32
  10. #3,566Amelio32

Tied with 91 names at #3,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2023 →