Yonah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-nuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Yonah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Yonah mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Jonah
“dove”
The Hebrew form of Jonah, the prophet swallowed by a great fish in the Bible.
Is Yonah a girl's or a boy's name?
Yonah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yonah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yonah, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yonah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yonah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Yonah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,940among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Yonah, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Yonah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Yonah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #2,940 for this spelling alone.
- Yonah 42
- Yona 15
Yonah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Yonah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Musa Jonah Noah Elijah Ibrahim Abdullah Yahya Muhammad Micah Zakariya Asher
Other spellings of Yonah
Names related to Yonah
More Hebrew names
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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, “Yonah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yonah, updated 20 October 2026.