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How popular is “Jonah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jonah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jonah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jonah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jonah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jonah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jonah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jonah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 8 0.000039705 8 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 -100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 17 0.00003479 17 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 -100%
1912 15 0.000015181 15 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 33 0.000018009 33 -100%
1916 32 0.000016542 32 -100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 -100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 -100%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 -100%
1920 47 0.000020772 47 -100%
1921 33 0.000014136 33 -100%
1922 44 0.000019221 44 -100%
1923 32 0.000013898 32 -100%
1924 33 0.000013856 33 -100%
1925 33 0.000014143 33 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 29 0.000012503 29 -100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 17 0.000008078 17 -100%
1932 23 0.000010894 23 -100%
1933 24 0.000012003 24 -100%
1934 36 0.000017334 36 -100%
1935 27 0.000012919 27 -100%
1936 33 0.000015884 33 -100%
1937 24 0.000011264 24 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 31 0.000014069 31 -100%
1940 29 0.000012594 29 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 31 0.000010983 31 -100%
1944 20 0.000007435 20 -100%
1945 30 0.000011308 30 -100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 26 0.000007531 26 -100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 -100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 -100%
1951 36 0.000009773 36 -100%
1952 38 0.000010005 38 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 -100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 -100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 22 0.000005291 22 -100%
1960 28 0.000006741 28 -100%
1961 21 0.00000507 21 -100%
1962 33 0.000008178 33 -100%
1963 25 0.000006316 25 -100%
1964 36 0.00000926 5 31 -72%
1965 33 0.000009102 33 -100%
1966 20 0.000005754 20 -100%
1967 30 0.000008837 30 -100%
1968 39 0.000011544 39 -100%
1969 44 0.000012661 44 -100%
1970 70 0.000019409 70 -100%
1971 161 0.000046907 161 -100%
1972 154 0.000048998 154 -100%
1973 130 0.000043091 130 -100%
1974 151 0.000049671 151 -100%
1975 132 0.000043717 132 -100%
1976 190 0.000062617 5 185 -95%
1977 233 0.000073351 7 226 -94%
1978 168 0.000052932 168 -100%
1979 400 0.000120228 10 390 -95%
1980 402 0.000116708 8 394 -96%
1981 392 0.000113315 7 385 -96%
1982 296 0.000084379 9 287 -94%
1983 260 0.000075072 260 -100%
1984 276 0.000079111 7 269 -95%
1985 277 0.00007761 9 268 -94%
1986 241 0.000067752 6 235 -95%
1987 290 0.00008043 290 -100%
1988 243 0.000065764 243 -100%
1989 266 0.000069191 6 260 -95%
1990 246 0.000062239 7 239 -94%
1991 252 0.000064694 6 246 -95%
1992 235 0.000061178 11 224 -91%
1993 459 0.000121742 10 449 -96%
1994 1190 0.000320094 11 1179 -98%
1995 1383 0.000377647 12 1371 -98%
1996 1583 0.000434032 14 1569 -98%
1997 1641 0.000452596 20 1621 -98%
1998 1482 0.000402914 17 1465 -98%
1999 1728 0.000467802 18 1710 -98%
2000 1851 0.000489695 18 1833 -98%
2001 1997 0.000533474 15 1982 -98%
2002 2332 0.000623814 20 2312 -98%
2003 2446 0.000643292 15 2431 -99%
2004 2315 0.000605875 19 2296 -98%
2005 2239 0.000582338 17 2222 -98%
2006 2432 0.000614733 21 2411 -98%
2007 2536 0.000634367 26 2510 -98%
2008 2998 0.000762721 17 2981 -99%
2009 2734 0.000715674 16 2718 -99%
2010 2798 0.000757088 23 2775 -98%
2011 2890 0.000790094 23 2867 -98%
2012 2972 0.000812606 17 2955 -99%
2013 2920 0.000800951 18 2902 -99%
2014 2946 0.000794847 26 2920 -98%
2015 2937 0.000793588 24 2913 -98%
2016 2804 0.000764304 26 2778 -98%
2017 2546 0.00071193 23 2523 -98%
2018 2761 0.00078529 36 2725 -97%
2019 2714 0.000781922 21 2693 -98%
2020 2841 0.000850452 22 2819 -98%
2021 2763 0.000815538 28 2735 -98%
2022 2767 0.00081788 18 2749 -99%
2023 2928 0.000884273 33 2895 -98%
2024 2904 0.000872465 25 2879 -98%

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