Jonas

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #599 for boys in 2025, 476 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2008 · 1,256 births
Debut · boys
28 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
28,560
since 1880

Jonas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jonas has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #273, 2008boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#599476
2024#556534
2023#532556
2022#552540
2021#523562
2020#486609
2019#453662
2018#433704
2017#446695
2016#388821
2015#426724
2014#498566
2013#481573
2012#462589
2011#488538
2010#449595
2009#374812
2008#2731,256
2007#325979
2006#353861
2005#383756
2004#16,0995#449577
2003#455554
2002#421584
2001#506452
2000#511444
1999#496440
1998#510418
1997#547360
1996#556333
1995#651257
1994#679234
1993#783182
1992#859152
1991#809163
1990#761178
1989#774164
1988#708176
1987#642203
1986#672178
1985#627196
1984#568223
1983#505277
1982#7,4698#503285
1981#7,4098#457330
1980#454341
1979#587212
1978#626177
1977#617185
1976#7,2967#589192
1975#620169
1974#628163
1973#587182
1972#612166
1971#530229
1970#580193
1969#673138
1968#95858
1967#87567
1966#81979
1965#79687
1964#79989
1963#91167
1962#96762
1961#1,20643
1960#90570
1959#97562
1958#1,04953
1957#98959
1956#85477
1955#98858
1954#96359
1953#88965
1952#93258
1951#85766
1950#85064
1949#88560
1948#81370
1947#84267
1946#89754
1945#96644
1944#79762
1943#92352
1942#91053
1941#85055
1940#87252
1939#83653
1938#91248
1937#93245
1936#84452
1935#88151
1934#75166
1933#87550
1932#79364
1931#83157
1930#71077
1929#77169
1928#77570
1927#78670
1926#63997
1925#78670
1924#80970
1923#85363
1922#74878
1921#79073
1920#70584
1919#63891
1918#62895
1917#71373
1916#63684
1915#64381
1914#65360
1913#61551
1912#56850
1911#53331
1910#70718
1909#61519
1908#43830
1907#42929
1906#54718
1905#52519
1904#45222
1903#38126
1902#38027
1901#46617
1900#40231
1899#7149
1898#48518
1897#43819
1896#42421
1895#36826
1894#56713
1893#34926
1892#38424
1891#41118
1890#37622
1889#35125
1888#33030
1887#33324
1886#39720
1885#36423
1884#29535
1883#35922
1882#34726
1881#32425
1880#32028
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jonas was already there! It came in at #320, and was given to 28 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jonas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 43 spots since 2024 (#556#599)
  • 113 spots since 2020 (#486#599)
  • 173 spots since 2015 (#426#599)
  • Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1900 (#714#402)
  • Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1961 (#905#1,206)
Rise & fade · boys
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2008 at #273 (1,256 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 144 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,624
  • Highest: 1 in 1,624 boys born in 2008 were named Jonas (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,588 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.5% of all boys named Jonas (7,275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s258#295 (1884)#342
1890s196#349 (1893)#452
1900s238#380 (1902)#464
1910s634#533 (1911)#633
1920s744#639 (1926)#766
1930s563#710 (1930)#837
1940s569#797 (1944)#876
1950s621#850 (1950)#935
1960s760#673 (1969)#891
1970s1,868#530 (1971)#598
1980s2,373#454 (1980)#591
1990s2,717#496 (1999)#665
2000s7,275#273 (2008)#405
2010s6,467#388 (2016)#452
2020s3,277#486 (2020)#541

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jonas in 1913

boys
#615
51 births · 1 in 10,050 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #615Jonas51
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 10,050 of them was named Jonas, which outranked 81.1% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jonas
  1. #611Granville52
  2. #611Omar52
  3. #611Parker52
  4. #615Jonas51
  5. #615Benedict51
  6. #615Bernice51
  7. #615Brooks51
  8. #629Casimer50
  9. #629Clare50
  10. #629Dorsey50

Tied with 13 names at #615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913