Jonas
Jonas is ranked 556th among boys in 2024 (531 births). Its best rank was 274th, in 2008.
- Rank in 2024
- #556down 22 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5310.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20081,256 births
- Best rank
- #274in 2008
- Since 1880
- 28,064people given the name
The story in the numbers
28,064 boys have been named Jonas in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 1,256 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 26%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Jonas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 258 | |
| 1890s | 196 | |
| 1900s | 238 | |
| 1910s | 634 | |
| 1920s | 744 | |
| 1930s | 563 | |
| 1940s | 569 | |
| 1950s | 621 | |
| 1960s | 761 | |
| 1970s | 1,868 | |
| 1980s | 2,374 | |
| 1990s | 2,716 | |
| 2000s | 7,265 | |
| 2010s | 6,463 | |
| 2020s | 2,794 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Jonas was the 274th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Jonas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Isaacpeak 2007
- Issacpeak 2008
- Hugopeak 2006
- Simonpeak 2015
- Piercepeak 2015
- Simeonpeak 2019
- Abrampeak 2016
- Ansonpeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.