NameTides

Yonah

Yonah was the #2,941 boys' name in the US in 2025 (42 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Yonah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yonah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Yonah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,941 (42)#4,275 (4)—
2024#2,915 (43)#3,255 (6)—
2023#3,474 (33)#4,108 (4)—
2022#3,278 (36)#2,756 (7)—
2021#3,297 (35)#3,990 (4)—
2020#4,020 (25)#3,334 (5)—
2019#3,426 (33)#3,937 (4)—
2018#3,446 (32)#4,749 (3)—
2017#4,594 (21)#2,734 (7)—
2016#4,470 (22)——
2015#4,711 (20)#3,373 (5)—
2014#3,693 (28)——
2013#3,582 (29)#2,954 (6)—
2012#3,807 (27)——
2011#4,822 (19)#3,300 (5)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,915.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 40,000 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 40,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yonah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 38,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 46,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yonah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yonah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YonahCanadaGirls—too few
YonahCanadaBoys—too few
YonahEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
YonahNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YonahUSGirls—too few
YonahUSBoys#2,94142