Recorded 1995–2011 Boys' name Peak 1996 21 births

Jonadab — boys' name

21 babies named Jonadab in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Jonadab was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

6 babies were named Jonadab in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jonadab

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Jonadab between 1995 and 2011, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jonadab currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonadab performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jonadab shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonadab in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 21 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jonadab at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

21

Since 1995

17 years of records

Peak year

1996

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1995

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2011

Jonadab popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1995

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (1996)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
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Jonadab by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 52% of Jonadab's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jonadab?
21 babies have been named Jonadab since 1995. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 1996 with 6 births.
When was Jonadab most popular?
Jonadab was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Jonadab been used?
Jonadab has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 17 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Jonadab?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jonathan, Jon, Jonah, Jonathon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.