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How popular is the name Jonah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jonahs are alive today.
Jonah (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 147th in 2025 with 363 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2022, when 428 babies were given the name, the 133rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2014, with 373 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 7,600 babies have been named Jonah in England and Wales since 1996.
The Jonah you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Jonahs born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 8,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Jonah.
How many babies are named Jonah each year?
Where does Jonah rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jonah most popular?
Jonah peaked in 2022, when 428 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jonah?
At least 8,100 people named Jonah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jonah?
Most living Jonahs are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 4.
Is Jonah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.