Girls' name · since 1946
Yonna
Yonna has 130 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yonna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 130 have been recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yonna has been recorded 130 times among girls since 1946, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2015.
- #24,290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 130 born since 1946
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yonna ranks #24,290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1946, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 130
- born since 1946
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yonna's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yonna's full recorded timeline at 1971, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2015
- Peak year (1971)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Yonna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (42 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Yonna's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Yonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 42 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Yonna's decade-level peak was the 1970s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~69 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, 1946–2015 (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 Yonna 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.