Boys' name · since 1974
Yonah
911 babies named Yonah in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,963 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yonah is the #2963 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 911 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yonah has been recorded 911 times among boys since 1974, currently ranked #2963 nationally and more common than 79% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #5,458 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,963 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 911 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yonah ranks #5,458 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,963 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 911 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,963 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 911
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yonah's 911 recorded births place it above 87.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yonah compares
911 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yonah's all-time total is 147% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yonah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 911 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yonah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yonah's full recorded timeline at 2002, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yonah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Yonah popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 2008 (Yonah as girls' name)
Yonah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (255 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Yonah's strongest decade.
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Yonah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 80
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
123 births
- 2000s
2000s
228 births
- 2010s
2010s
255 births
- 2020s
2020s
214 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 255 births (28% of all-time use).
How Yonah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Yonah's total volume
Yonah by state
Where Yonah concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 401 | 44.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 86 | 9.4% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 1.2% |
401 of 911 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Yonah's data
- Yonah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (255 total births) through the 2020s (214) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yonahs (401 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yonah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yonah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.