Recorded 1946–2015 Girls' name Peak 1971 130 births

Yonna — girls' name

130 babies named Yonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s51950s321960s241970s421980s102000s112010s6
1970s
Peak decade

32% of everyone ever named Yonna was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

11 babies were named Yonna in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yonna

The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Yonna between 1946 and 2015, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yonna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yonna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yonna 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 130 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.

Yonna at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

130

Since 1946

70 years of records

Peak year

1971

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1946

Recorded for 70 years

Last year on file: 2015

Yonna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1946

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1971)
11
Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
4681012 20151989197719721968195819551946 5

Yonna by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
42 births that decade — 32% of Yonna's all-time total
1940s51950s321960s241970s421980s102000s112010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yonna?
130 babies have been named Yonna since 1946. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1971 with 11 births.
When was Yonna most popular?
Yonna was most popular in the 1970s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Yonna been used?
Yonna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1946, spanning 70 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Yonna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yona, Yoneko, Yong, Yonina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1946–2015 (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.