NameTides

Jonah

Jonah was the #128 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,828 babies), and #147 in England & Wales and #188 in Canada.

Jonah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jonah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUSEngland & WalesCanadaIreland
Jonah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#128 (2,828)#147 (363)#137 (33)#64 (36)#223 (21)#188 (182)
2024#126 (2,893)#145 (365)#209 (20)#48 (47)#222 (20)#192 (177)
2023#124 (2,900)#134 (406)#174 (26)#44 (51)#177 (29)#157 (203)
2022#135 (2,754)#133 (428)#138 (38)#31 (62)#192 (27)#193 (182)
2021#138 (2,739)#136 (419)#172 (27)#23 (77)#148 (40)#177 (210)
2020#128 (2,821)#147 (375)#193 (23)#62 (46)#169 (32)#208 (168)
2019#139 (2,693)#144 (391)#233 (19)#54 (54)#191 (28)#209 (177)
2018#145 (2,725)#144 (387)#232 (19)#72 (42)#135 (45)#203 (177)
2017#154 (2,524)#159 (358)#242 (19)#56 (53)#203 (28)#230 (158)
2016#150 (2,778)#157 (378)#247 (18)#76 (44)#150 (41)#233 (157)
2015#143 (2,913)#158 (368)#224 (21)#63 (51)#253 (20)#213 (175)
2014#138 (2,920)#149 (373)#245 (18)#86 (36)#226 (25)#164 (229)
2013#132 (2,903)#171 (329)#399 (8)#94 (34)#245 (22)#165 (222)
2012#128 (2,955)#180 (324)#337 (10)#112 (27)#208 (28)#161 (241)
2011#144 (2,867)#168 (342)#261 (15)#108 (28)#232 (23)#137 (272)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #124.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 600common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 750common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 600common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 230common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 870common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jonah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 580 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 550 to 1 in 610.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jonah by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #74MEWisconsin: #96WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #111WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #146MNIllinois: #127ILMichigan: #108MINew York: #102NYMassachusetts: #188MAOregon: #220ORNevada: #134NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #149IAIndiana: #118INOhio: #93OHPennsylvania: #117PANew Jersey: #119NJConnecticut: #100CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #143CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #191CONebraska: #136NEMissouri: #119MOKentucky: #91KYWest Virginia: #151WVVirginia: #114VAMaryland: #122MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #167AZNew Mexico: #115NMKansas: #98KSArkansas: #104ARTennessee: #133TNNorth Carolina: #145NCSouth Carolina: #120SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #142OKLouisiana: #139LAMississippi: #144MSAlabama: #157ALGeorgia: #135GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #125TXFlorida: #115FL
Jonah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19470
Quebec2025#42710

Jonah (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JonahCanadaBoys#188182
JonahEngland & WalesBoys#147363
JonahIrelandBoys#22321
JonahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JonahNorthern IrelandBoys#6436
JonahScotlandBoys#13733
JonahUSGirls#3,78039
JonahUSBoys#1282,828