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Jona

#13,971 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Jon with the suffix -a

Jona has been given to 2,277 babies in the U.S. since 1933. In 2025 it ranked #13,971 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1964, with 57 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Jona, 2025

1 in 553,000

Jona over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jona over time

In 2025, Jona went to 32% girls and 68% boys.

19222025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jona: meaning, origin, and history

Jon with the suffix -a

Norwegian and Hebrew

What Jona means

Jona is formed from Jon with the suffix -a.

Origin, language, and formation

Jona is used in Albanian, Faroese, German and Norwegian Bokmål. Its origins include Norwegian and Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jon, Jonas, Johanna, Jonah and Jonatan.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Jona is pronounced /ˈjoːna/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,751 girls were recorded with the name Jona between 1933 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 57 in 1964; its best national rank was #1,508 in 1964.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,461 in 2020 to #13,971 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,424 in 2015 to #13,971 in 2025.

In the United States, 526 boys were recorded with the name Jona between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,570 in 1925.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,069 in 2020 to #6,627 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,494 in 2015 to #6,627 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jona?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,971
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jona sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jona. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jonas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jona was born before 1976 — so the typical Jona is around 49 today.

Median birth year
1976
About 49 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
24.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,673
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1960s — 24.4% of all recorded uses (428).

Is Jona rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,327
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−7,510
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,547
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.38×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.5%
Peak was 1964 (57)
Years since peak
61
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
55.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,508
1964

Spellings of Jona

Jona is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 11.7% against Jona's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jona is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jona was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 422,312 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Colorado1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —
  6. 6Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jona has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jona is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jona was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,279,007 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jona has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jona around the world

Where Jona ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2017
    #4,763
    in 2017
  • France
    2004–2021
    #5,954
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1975–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jona by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,971
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 7,510
Best rank ever
#1,508
1964
Peak year
1964
57 that year
First recorded
1933
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,751
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,627
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,558
Best rank ever
#3,570
1925
Peak year
2024
26 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
526
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Jona

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jona

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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