girls:
727 births since 1964
#4989 (13th percentile)
boys:
79.5k births since 1880
#361 (92nd percentile)
overall:
80.2k births since 1880
#797 (90th percentile)
The name Jonah is the #797 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 80,231 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 89.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #361 (92.1% percentile) for all time with 79,504 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #4,989 (12.7% percentile) for all time with 727 births since 1964.
Jonah has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1964 for girls). Birth data for Jonah is available in 141 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 45 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jonah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jonah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 86.8% percentile (ranked #121) with 1,570 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,570 births per million (ranked 86.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jonah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #121 (86.8% percentile) with 1,570 births per million.
For girls, Jonah reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #930) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jonah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #919 (3.0% percentile) with 19 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jonah".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Jonah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Jonah is pronounced as JOH-nuh, which has 2 syllables.
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