Jona

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jona: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jona: Recorded since 2001, it reached #2,964 in 2014, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2964highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2015	#4736
2017	#4763

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #2964 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jona appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 14 ranked years and 61 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2001.

Jona across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jona's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#3687 (2008)	#2964 (2014)	#4270 (2024)	14 of 17	61 (2008–2024)	6 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#3594 (2003)	#4763 (2017)	9 of 17	30 (2001–2017)	4 (2003)

Jona by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jona in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	38	8 of 10	5
2020s	19	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jona appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2964 in England and Wales in 2014.

Jona's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,964, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Jonas · #1, 77y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ravleen · #2966, 14y
Sukayna · #2966, 16y
Maxence · #2960, 17y
Salahudin · #2960, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Efosa · #2964, 11y
Mostyn · #2964, 12y
Sahej · #2964, 11y
Yashveer · #2964, 12y

Jona and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jona without appearing here.

Jona moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4789.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #5765.
Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #5765.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Jona

Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #3112.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Einar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #4107.

Moved the opposite way to Jona

Rune Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Jona went from #2964 to #4270 while Rune went from #4632 to #1460.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2964 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jona

Jona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jona across 2 official records

Jona by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Jona and the names beside it

Jona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jona

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Jona at a glance

Jona across 2 official records

Jona by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jona appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Jona and the names beside it

Jona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jona

Moved the opposite way to Jona