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Jonas
Rank in 2024
#556
Born in 2024
531
Peak year
2008 · #273
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 531 boys were named Jonas, about 1 in every 3,230.
- It peaked in 2008 with 1,256 babies, ranked #273.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 28,064 boys have been named Jonas since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jonas per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,446 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 1,020 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,203 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,639 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,532 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,201 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,538 babies, 0.35 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Iōnās, from Koine Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonah.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jonas, CC BY-SA 4.0.