The name Jonas is of Greek origin, and is an alternate form of Jonah.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jonas 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 Jonas
Use of the Name Jonas for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
13,681
10,175
7,348
4,215
2,508
1,095
557
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jonas 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 Jonas
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
323
28
1881
327
25
1882
349
26
1883
362
22
1884
295
35
1885
370
23
1886
399
20
1887
331
25
1888
339
30
1889
356
25
1890
380
22
1891
423
18
1892
389
24
1893
354
26
1894
580
13
1895
373
26
1896
433
21
1897
446
19
1898
498
18
1899
752
9
1900
408
31
1901
480
17
1902
383
27
1903
388
26
1904
462
22
1905
538
19
1906
554
18
1907
430
29
1908
443
30
1909
627
19
1910
720
18
1911
538
31
1912
571
50
1913
624
51
1914
650
61
1915
646
81
1916
641
84
1917
722
73
1918
632
95
1919
652
89
1920
700
86
1921
790
73
1922
742
79
1923
862
62
1924
809
70
1925
791
70
1926
645
96
1927
798
69
1928
770
71
1929
780
68
1930
707
78
1931
833
57
1932
813
62
1933
871
51
1934
764
65
1935
885
51
1936
849
52
1937
936
45
1938
915
48
1939
850
52
1940
868
53
1941
861
54
1942
914
53
1943
925
52
1944
804
61
1945
961
45
1946
887
55
1947
847
67
1948
834
67
1949
889
60
1950
862
63
1951
854
67
1952
964
55
1953
897
64
1954
962
59
1955
986
58
1956
853
77
1957
981
60
1958
1959
967
63
1960
911
69
1961
1962
980
61
1963
916
67
1964
807
88
1965
803
86
1966
837
76
1967
888
66
1968
980
57
1969
674
136
1970
581
194
1971
528
230
1972
614
166
1973
588
183
1974
631
162
1975
622
169
1976
588
192
1977
620
182
1978
629
175
1979
589
210
1980
458
336
1981
457
329
1982
506
281
1983
510
274
1984
572
220
1985
639
188
1986
693
171
1987
660
191
1988
763
153
1989
817
147
1990
779
170
1991
830
154
1992
909
135
1993
807
171
1994
715
213
1995
696
231
1996
571
319
1997
555
349
1998
522
395
1999
512
413
2000
527
418
2001
516
434
2002
439
561
2003
466
538
2004
460
557
Totals:
13,681
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jonas 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 slightly lower than actual counts because the name Jonas appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 123 times during the last 125 years.