Yonas
Boy · YOH-nas · Hebrew
Yonas is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yonas mean?
Hebrew: Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Jonah
“dove”
Form of Jonah, the prophet swallowed by a great fish in the Bible and the Qur'an.
- Say it
- YOH-nas
Is Yonas a girl's or a boy's name?
Yonas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yonas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Yonas, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Yonas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
How popular is Yonas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Yonas, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer boys named Yonas than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Yonas in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yonas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
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