first name
JONAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,952 people named Jonas, 59% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 12% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jonas peaked in 2008, when 1,256 babies got the name.
At least 28,588 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jonas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #733. The largest share of babies named Jonas, 35.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jonas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jonas has been most common in Utah (2.5×), Pennsylvania (1.5×), and Florida (1.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.17×).
23,099 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jonas
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jonas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jonas ranks #3,890 of 156,621, with 8,864 people. See Jonas as a last name
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