Jona
Jona was the 6631st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1925, when it ranked 3572nd; the most babies were born in 2024 (26). Over the last ten years it has moved down 132 places. More babies were named Jona in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,631 boys, down 2,558 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 13boys
- Girls and boys
- 38% girls, 62% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202426 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,277babies recorded
Jona popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,975 | #6,631 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | #6,465 | #4,073 | 18 | 25 |
| 2010 | — | #5,878 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | #6,969 | #6,107 | 15 | 11 |
| 1990 | #4,585 | — | 21 | — |
| 1980 | #2,715 | #6,727 | 34 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,938 | — | 44 | — |
| 1960 | #2,167 | — | 29 | — |
| 1950 | #4,511 | — | 7 | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Jona, counting every spelling?
Jona has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jona?
13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jona (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jona born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jona.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jona?
About 500 people born in the US named Jona are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 7 and 26. That makes Jona mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jona by state
How common Jona was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Jona
How popular is the name Jona?
Jona was the 6631st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 1925, when it ranked 3572nd; the most babies were born in 2024 (26). Over the last ten years it has moved down 132 places. More babies were named Jona in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Jona a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 38% girls, 62% boys given the name Jona in the US.
Where is Jona most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jona was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).