Jonah
Jonah stands at #128 nationally in 2025, holding steady. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 85,283 American children have carried it so far.
What Jonah carries
Jonah · Hebrew
“dove”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Jonah’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Jonah, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Jonah since 1880
Jonah peaked in 2008 at #136; #128 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Jonah is most common
Among the states, Jonah takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.47% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Maine and North Dakota next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Jonah
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jude
#155 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jose
#95 in 2025 · Hebrew
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
Juan
#159 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ivan
#163 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Jonah
Where does Jonah rank right now?
Jonah stands at #128 nationally in 2025, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Jonah have a meaning on record?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “dove”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Jonah?
The recipe puts Jude first, then Judah, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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