Jonas
2025 SSA
About Jonas
Jonas has a slightly more grandfatherly image than the English version of his name, but that only adds to its retro appeal. And though it may lag behind Jonah in this country, Jonas is riding a huge wave of popularity in Europe, where it ranks highly in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Norway.
Over time, it has been associated with Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the anti-polio vaccine, and tween fave group the Jonas Brothers. Charles Dickens used the name for a character in Martin Chuzzlewit.
Pronounced JO-nuz.
As of October 2026, Jonas ranked #599 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #274 in 2008, Nameberry popularity #355.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #498 | 566 | 294.7 |
| 2015 | #425 | 724 | 377.7 |
| 2016 | #389 | 820 | 432.1 |
| 2017 | #446 | 695 | 375.5 |
| 2018 | #433 | 704 | 387.6 |
| 2019 | #453 | 662 | 369 |
| 2020 | #486 | 609 | 352.8 |
| 2021 | #522 | 561 | 320.7 |
| 2022 | #554 | 538 | 308.1 |
| 2023 | #534 | 555 | 324.5 |
| 2024 | #556 | 531 | 308.2 |
| 2025 | #599 | 476 | 278.7 |
World rankings
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Jonas on lists
Famous Jonass
- Jonas Gray
American NFL football player
- Jonas Gahr Store
Norwegian politician
- Jonas Edward Salk
American physician who developed the polio vaccine
- Jonas Lars Bjorkman
Swedish tennis player
- Jonas Sjöstedt
Swedish politician
- Jonas Mouton
American football player
- Jonas D. Jennings
American football player
- Jonas Valanciunas
Lithuanian basketball player for Toronto Raptors
- Jonas Kendall
former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- Jonas Sibley
former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- (William) Jonas Armstrong
English actor
- Jonás Cuarón
Mexican film director; son of director Alfonso Cuarón
- Jonas Jonathan van den Eeden (b. 2004)
son of Dutch singer Trijntje Oosterhuis and Sander van den Eeden
- Jonas Rocket DeLonge (b. 2006)
son of singer Tom DeLonge of Blink,182
- Jonas Villeneuve (b. 2007)
son of racing driver Jacques Villeneuve
- Jonas Jackson (b. 2015)
son of rapper Fabolous
- The Jonas Brothers
American band consisting of Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas
- Jonas Blue
English DJ
Jonas in pop culture
- Jonas Grumby
aka The Skipper, character on TV's "Gilligan's Island"
- Jonas Taylor
character in "The Meg"
- Jonas
main character in Lois Lowry's "The Giver"
- Jonas Miller
character in movie "Twister"
- Jonas Quinn
character on TV's "Stargate SG,1"
- "Jonas
" novel by Jens Bjørneboe and its main character
- Jonas
from the Book of Mormon
- "My Name Is Jonas
" song by Weezer
- Jonas Hunter
character on TV's "Legends of Tomorrow"
- Jonas
character in G. A. Henty's, For the Temple
- Jonas Noah Vasquez
character on Norwegian TV series "Skam"
- Jonas Maliki
character from "Sense8"
- Jonas Wilkerson
character from "Gone with the Wind"
- Jonas Kahnwald
character from "Dark"
- Jonas
one of the main four characters from the series Platoon of Power Squadron