Is Yonah a boy or girl name?

Yonah is a boy’s name. Of the 937 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.8% were girls and 97.2% were boys.

Yonah

Recorded 1974–2025 · United States

Yonah was most popular in 2024, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,272 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 937 people named Yonah.

Yonah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yonah’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yonah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yonah is a boy’s name — 2.8% of the 937 Americans given it were girls and 97.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yonah

Where Yonah is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org