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 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
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1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 2,443 of them was named Jonas, which outranked 97.4% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).