girls:
26 births since 2008
#5690 (0th percentile)
boys:
826 births since 1974
#3761 (18th percentile)
overall:
852 births since 1974
#6887 (11th percentile)
The name Yonah is the #6,887 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 852 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 11.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,761 (17.9% percentile) for all time with 826 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 2008.
Yonah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 2008 for girls). Birth data for Yonah is available in 45 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 4 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 Yonah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.6% of babies named Yonah were boys.
For boys, Yonah reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #893) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yonah ranks #883 for boys (3.1% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 93.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Yonah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #943) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Yonah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #943 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yonah".
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