Recorded 1924–2025 · United States
Yona was most popular in 2024, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,890 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 823 people named Yona.
Yona first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1924, which makes it about 101 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 102 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 823 American births named Yona between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 802 are estimated to be alive today.
33 American babies were named Yona in 2025, ranking #7,425 that year.
Yona is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 37 births a year, against 24 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +57% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Yona is a unisex name — 41.4% of the 823 Americans given it were girls and 58.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 38% girls and 62% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 802 Americans named Yona are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 6 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org