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Jonah
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/
Rank in 2024
#126
Born in 2024
2,879
Peak year
2008 · #136
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,879 boys were named Jonah, about 1 in every 596.
- It peaked in 2008 with 2,981 babies, ranked #136.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 82,424 boys have been named Jonah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jonah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 1.2Gen Z1997–12
- 1.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 554 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 470 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 524 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,327 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,774 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Gen Z: 37,089 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 33,531 babies, 1.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jonah, CC BY-SA 4.0.