Jonas

Jonas was the #599 boys' name in the US in 2025 (476 babies), and #716 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Jonas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jonas 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Jonas 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#599 (476)#716 (49)—#344 (4)#468 (7)#591 (49)
2024#556 (534)#691 (52)#727 (3)——#542 (51)
2023#532 (556)#579 (64)—#272 (6)#770 (3)#652 (40)
2022#552 (540)#620 (58)#590 (4)—#454 (7)#498 (56)
2021#523 (562)#584 (65)#605 (4)#374 (4)#552 (5)#447 (66)
2020#486 (609)#529 (71)#476 (6)#304 (5)#496 (6)#452 (64)
2019#453 (662)#481 (83)#516 (5)—#466 (7)#455 (63)
2018#433 (704)#422 (100)#472 (6)#215 (9)#572 (5)#591 (45)
2017#446 (695)#469 (87)#733 (3)#250 (7)#394 (9)#424 (69)
2016#388 (821)#448 (91)#442 (7)#358 (4)#313 (14)#379 (82)
2015#426 (724)#497 (78)#686 (3)#342 (4)#397 (9)#427 (70)
2014#498 (566)#483 (82)—#264 (7)#382 (10)#464 (64)
2013#481 (573)#461 (84)#590 (4)—#422 (8)#442 (65)
2012#462 (589)#490 (78)#669 (3)#346 (4)#548 (5)#496 (56)
2011#488 (538)#565 (62)#459 (6)#311 (4)#366 (11)#425 (66)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #273.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jonas is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jonas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #513NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #304PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #602CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #680CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #692TXFlorida: #557FL
Jonas (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
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#52123

Jonas (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
JonasCanadaBoys#59149
JonasEngland & WalesBoys#71649
JonasIrelandBoys#4687
JonasNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
JonasScotlandBoys—too few
JonasUSGirls—too few
JonasUSBoys#599476