Yonas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yonas: Recorded since 1968, it reached #258 in 1989, and it stood at #522 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#258highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#2870
2015	#3908
2017	#4812
2020	#3334
2022	#4789
2023	#3112

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 45 of the 58 years from 1968 to 2025.

In 2023: #536 among boys in Norway, #3112 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #527 among boys in Norway in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #258 among boys in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1968–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #522 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Yonas appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 45 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 357 births with the name.

Yonas 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.

Yonas'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
Norway · Boys	#527 (1968)	#258 (1989)	#522 (2025)	45 of 58	357 (1968–2025)	21 (1989)
England and Wales · Boys	#2870 (2006)	#2870 (2006)	#3112 (2023)	6 of 18	26 (2006–2023)	6 (2023)

Yonas by decade in Norway · 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 Yonas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	65	8 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	113	10 of 10	11
1990s	95	10 of 10	10
2000s	27	6 of 10	5
2010s	35	7 of 10	5
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Yonas appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #258 in Norway in 1989.

Yonas'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#522	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#351	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#440	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#587	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#560	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#396	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#349	11	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#548	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#516	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#552	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#304	15	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#346	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#381	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#328	15	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#258	21	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#389	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#390	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#427	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#432	10	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#454	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#401	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#379	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#425	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#524	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#514	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#351	13	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#575	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#314	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#428	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#478	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#527	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1968 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #258, first reached in 1989.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1989.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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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Yonatan · #1782, 24y
Yoni · #2087, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Christiane · #256, 46y
Esben · #251, 47y
Roseanne · #250, 54y
Rut · #268, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Noleen · #258, 21y
Nollaig · #258, 24y
Anastatia · #257, 11y
Audrius · #257, 29y

Yonas was ranked #258 in Norway · Boys in 1989. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yonas 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 Yonas without appearing here.

Yonas moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4107.
Brett Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #3523.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #3523.
Ronald Compare
In 1998 they stood at #548 and #536 in Norway · Boys; by 1999 that had become #396 and #571.

Moved ahead of Yonas

Leif Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #1786.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #1902.
Rune Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3449.
Marcus Compare
In 1974 they stood at #314 and #354 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #636 and #287.

Moved the opposite way to Yonas

Isak Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yonas went from #314 to #522 while Isak went from #530 to #6.
Levi Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yonas went from #314 to #522 while Levi went from #622 to #86.
Luca Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yonas went from #314 to #522 while Luca went from #533 to #60.
Ulrik Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Yonas went from #314 to #522 while Ulrik went from #479 to #14.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #258 in Norway in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Yonas

Yonas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yonas across 2 official records

Yonas by decade in Norway · Boys

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Yonas across 2 official records

Yonas by decade in Norway · Boys

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