Jonas Boy
How popular is Jonas?
#599 boy name in 2025
476 baby boys were named Jonas in the US in 2025, making it the 599th most popular boy name.
Jonas popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #599 for boys (▼ 43 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 476 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #426 in 2015, #486 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,256 boys) |
| Highest rank | #273 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jonas counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jonas family of names ranked #406 for boys in 2025 (#393 the year before), with 782 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jonas | 476 | 61% |
| Jones | 306 | 39% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jonas is most popular
Babies named Jonas per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.7 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.7 per 1,000 (179 boys)
- Missouri: 0.5 per 1,000 (73 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (68 boys)
Jonas by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 258 | #295 |
| 1890s | 196 | #349 |
| 1900s | 238 | #380 |
| 1910s | 634 | #533 |
| 1920s | 744 | #639 |
| 1930s | 563 | #710 |
| 1940s | 569 | #797 |
| 1950s | 621 | #849 |
| 1960s | 760 | #673 |
| 1970s | 1,868 | #530 |
| 1980s | 2,373 | #454 |
| 1990s | 2,717 | #496 |
| 2000s | 7,275 | #273 |
| 2010s | 6,467 | #388 |
| 2020s | 3,277 | #486 |
Boy names about as popular as Jonas
Questions
- Is Jonas a boy or girl name?
- Jonas is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jonas were boys.
- How popular is the name Jonas?
- 476 baby boys were named Jonas in the US in 2025, making it the 599th most popular boy name.
- When was Jonas most popular?
- Jonas peaked in 2008, when 1,256 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #273 in 2008.
- How many people are named Jonas?
- 28,588 babies have been named Jonas in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,901 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Jonas most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jonas was most common in Utah, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.