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
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 1,256 births
- Debut · boys
- 28 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 28,560since 1880
Jonas over time
Rank among boys' names. Jonas has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #599 | 476 | |
| 2024 | — | #556 | 534 | |
| 2023 | — | #532 | 556 | |
| 2022 | — | #552 | 540 | |
| 2021 | — | #523 | 562 | |
| 2020 | — | #486 | 609 | |
| 2019 | — | #453 | 662 | |
| 2018 | — | #433 | 704 | |
| 2017 | — | #446 | 695 | |
| 2016 | — | #388 | 821 | |
| 2015 | — | #426 | 724 | |
| 2014 | — | #498 | 566 | |
| 2013 | — | #481 | 573 | |
| 2012 | — | #462 | 589 | |
| 2011 | — | #488 | 538 | |
| 2010 | — | #449 | 595 | |
| 2009 | — | #374 | 812 | |
| 2008 | — | #273 | 1,256 | |
| 2007 | — | #325 | 979 | |
| 2006 | — | #353 | 861 | |
| 2005 | — | #383 | 756 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #449 | 577 |
| 2003 | — | #455 | 554 | |
| 2002 | — | #421 | 584 | |
| 2001 | — | #506 | 452 | |
| 2000 | — | #511 | 444 | |
| 1999 | — | #496 | 440 | |
| 1998 | — | #510 | 418 | |
| 1997 | — | #547 | 360 | |
| 1996 | — | #556 | 333 | |
| 1995 | — | #651 | 257 | |
| 1994 | — | #679 | 234 | |
| 1993 | — | #783 | 182 | |
| 1992 | — | #859 | 152 | |
| 1991 | — | #809 | 163 | |
| 1990 | — | #761 | 178 | |
| 1989 | — | #774 | 164 | |
| 1988 | — | #708 | 176 | |
| 1987 | — | #642 | 203 | |
| 1986 | — | #672 | 178 | |
| 1985 | — | #627 | 196 | |
| 1984 | — | #568 | 223 | |
| 1983 | — | #505 | 277 | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #503 | 285 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #457 | 330 |
| 1980 | — | #454 | 341 | |
| 1979 | — | #587 | 212 | |
| 1978 | — | #626 | 177 | |
| 1977 | — | #617 | 185 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #589 | 192 |
| 1975 | — | #620 | 169 | |
| 1974 | — | #628 | 163 | |
| 1973 | — | #587 | 182 | |
| 1972 | — | #612 | 166 | |
| 1971 | — | #530 | 229 | |
| 1970 | — | #580 | 193 | |
| 1969 | — | #673 | 138 | |
| 1968 | — | #958 | 58 | |
| 1967 | — | #875 | 67 | |
| 1966 | — | #819 | 79 | |
| 1965 | — | #796 | 87 | |
| 1964 | — | #799 | 89 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #967 | 62 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,206 | 43 | |
| 1960 | — | #905 | 70 | |
| 1959 | — | #975 | 62 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,049 | 53 | |
| 1957 | — | #989 | 59 | |
| 1956 | — | #854 | 77 | |
| 1955 | — | #988 | 58 | |
| 1954 | — | #963 | 59 | |
| 1953 | — | #889 | 65 | |
| 1952 | — | #932 | 58 | |
| 1951 | — | #857 | 66 | |
| 1950 | — | #850 | 64 | |
| 1949 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1948 | — | #813 | 70 | |
| 1947 | — | #842 | 67 | |
| 1946 | — | #897 | 54 | |
| 1945 | — | #966 | 44 | |
| 1944 | — | #797 | 62 | |
| 1943 | — | #923 | 52 | |
| 1942 | — | #910 | 53 | |
| 1941 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1940 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1939 | — | #836 | 53 | |
| 1938 | — | #912 | 48 | |
| 1937 | — | #932 | 45 | |
| 1936 | — | #844 | 52 | |
| 1935 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #875 | 50 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #831 | 57 | |
| 1930 | — | #710 | 77 | |
| 1929 | — | #771 | 69 | |
| 1928 | — | #775 | 70 | |
| 1927 | — | #786 | 70 | |
| 1926 | — | #639 | 97 | |
| 1925 | — | #786 | 70 | |
| 1924 | — | #809 | 70 | |
| 1923 | — | #853 | 63 | |
| 1922 | — | #748 | 78 | |
| 1921 | — | #790 | 73 | |
| 1920 | — | #705 | 84 | |
| 1919 | — | #638 | 91 | |
| 1918 | — | #628 | 95 | |
| 1917 | — | #713 | 73 | |
| 1916 | — | #636 | 84 | |
| 1915 | — | #643 | 81 | |
| 1914 | — | #653 | 60 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #568 | 50 | |
| 1911 | — | #533 | 31 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #429 | 29 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #452 | 22 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #380 | 27 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #402 | 31 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #485 | 18 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #424 | 21 | |
| 1895 | — | #368 | 26 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #376 | 22 | |
| 1889 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #333 | 24 | |
| 1886 | — | #397 | 20 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #295 | 35 | |
| 1883 | — | #359 | 22 | |
| 1882 | — | #347 | 26 | |
| 1881 | — | #324 | 25 | |
| 1880 | — | #320 | 28 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2008 at #273 (1,256 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1957
- 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%)
- 25.5% of all boys named Jonas (7,275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 258 | #295 (1884) | #342 |
| 1890s | 196 | #349 (1893) | #452 |
| 1900s | 238 | #380 (1902) | #464 |
| 1910s | 634 | #533 (1911) | #633 |
| 1920s | 744 | #639 (1926) | #766 |
| 1930s | 563 | #710 (1930) | #837 |
| 1940s | 569 | #797 (1944) | #876 |
| 1950s | 621 | #850 (1950) | #935 |
| 1960s | 760 | #673 (1969) | #891 |
| 1970s | 1,868 | #530 (1971) | #598 |
| 1980s | 2,373 | #454 (1980) | #591 |
| 1990s | 2,717 | #496 (1999) | #665 |
| 2000s | 7,275 | #273 (2008) | #405 |
| 2010s | 6,467 | #388 (2016) | #452 |
| 2020s | 3,277 | #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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 208,508 of them was named Jonas, which outranked 39.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,804Yuki9
- #6,804Yury9
- #6,804Zarina9
- #7,409Jonas8
- #7,409Aaren8
- #7,409Aarin8
- #7,409Abigael8
- #8,128Aarika7
- #8,128Abbigale7
- #8,128Abbye7
Tied with 718 names at #7,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 5,428 of them was named Jonas, which outranked 93.7% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).