Jona
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Jona is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Jona mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jonah
“dove”
In the Bible, Jonah is swallowed by a great fish after fleeing God's command to preach to Nineveh.
Meaning borrowed from Jonah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jona a girl's or a boy's name?
Jona is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Jona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jona, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 435 boys in the UK were given Jona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Jonah 432
- Jona 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Jona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Jona, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922. 6 girls were also named Jona in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Jona than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Jona in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,841 boys in the US were given Jona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #140, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
- Jonah 2,828
- Jona 13
In 1971, 82% of the babies named Jona in the US were girls. By 2024 it was 26%, with more boys than girls since 2018.
Jona in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Jona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Luca, Jude, Noah, Musa, Axel, Jaxon, Asher, Isaac, Caleb, Jenson, Eli
Other spellings of Jona
Names related to Jona
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jona, updated 20 October 2026.