The name Jonah is of Hebrew origin, and means dove.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jonah has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jonah
Use of the Name Jonah for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
25,640
25,456
23,699
18,480
10,756
4,651
2,238
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jonah has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jonah
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
714
8
1881
945
5
1882
1883
618
10
1884
588
11
1885
469
16
1886
1887
567
11
1888
985
6
1889
847
7
1890
705
9
1891
735
8
1892
832
8
1893
872
7
1894
1895
936
7
1896
1897
1898
848
8
1899
905
7
1900
821
11
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
905
10
1908
645
17
1909
1910
1911
779
18
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
959
70
1971
654
158
1972
646
152
1973
705
130
1974
657
150
1975
724
131
1976
600
183
1977
554
226
1978
646
168
1979
403
389
1980
410
394
1981
425
383
1982
501
287
1983
518
258
1984
518
271
1985
533
266
1986
581
234
1987
527
291
1988
603
242
1989
613
260
1990
653
239
1991
648
246
1992
694
224
1993
469
449
1994
245
1,175
1995
215
1,369
1996
197
1,566
1997
196
1,619
1998
219
1,464
1999
197
1,706
2000
192
1,830
2001
187
1,976
2002
166
2,299
2003
164
2,413
2004
177
2,238
Totals:
25,640
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jonah as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jonah appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 54 times during the last 125 years.