Yonas — #6000 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yonas

The Social Security Administration has registered 409 babies named Yonas between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yonas currently holds the #6000 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yonas performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yonas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yonas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yonas 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 409 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.