Yona
Yona was the 6131st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3688th with 31 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,409 places. More babies were named Yona in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,131 boys, down 1,096 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- 39% girls, 61% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202431 babies
- Total since 1880
- 823babies recorded
Yona popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,537 | #6,131 | 18 | 15 |
| 2020 | #6,910 | #5,035 | 17 | 19 |
| 2010 | #16,924 | #5,242 | 6 | 18 |
| 2000 | #14,998 | #10,323 | 6 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | #10,383 | — | 6 | — |
| 1970 | #7,066 | — | 7 | — |
| 1960 | #6,381 | — | 6 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Yona, counting every spelling?
Yona is a spelling of Yonah, a name family that had 57 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 57 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonah | 42 | #2,989 | 189 |
| Yona | 15 | #6,131 | 115 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Yona?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yona (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Yona 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yona.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Yona?
About 500 people born in the US named Yona are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Yona 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.
Yona by state
How common Yona was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (10.2×). In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Yona: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yona, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Yona
How popular is the name Yona?
Yona was the 6131st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 3688th with 31 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,409 places. More babies were named Yona in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Yona a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 39% girls, 61% boys given the name Yona in the US.
Where is Yona most popular?
In 2021–2025, Yona was most common in New York (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and New Jersey.