Jonas
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Jonas is also given to girls.
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 GrayBoy
American NFL football player
- Jonas Gahr StoreBoy
Norwegian politician
- Jonas Edward SalkBoy
American physician who developed the polio vaccine
- Jonas Lars BjorkmanBoy
Swedish tennis player
- Jonas SjöstedtBoy
Swedish politician
- Jonas MoutonBoy
American football player
- Jonas D. JenningsBoy
American football player
- Jonas ValanciunasBoy
Lithuanian basketball player for Toronto Raptors
- Jonas KendallBoy
former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- Jonas SibleyBoy
former U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
- (William) Jonas ArmstrongBoy
English actor
- Jonás CuarónBoy
Mexican film director; son of director Alfonso Cuarón
- Jonas Jonathan van den Eeden (b. 2004)Boy
son of Dutch singer Trijntje Oosterhuis and Sander van den Eeden
- Jonas Rocket DeLonge (b. 2006)Boy
son of singer Tom DeLonge of Blink,182
- Jonas Villeneuve (b. 2007)Boy
son of racing driver Jacques Villeneuve
- Jonas Jackson (b. 2015)Boy
son of rapper Fabolous
- The Jonas BrothersBoy
American band consisting of Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas
- Jonas BlueBoy
English DJ
Jonas in pop culture
- Jonas GrumbyBoy
aka The Skipper, character on TV's "Gilligan's Island"
- Jonas TaylorBoy
character in "The Meg"
- JonasBoy
main character in Lois Lowry's "The Giver"
- Jonas MillerBoy
character in movie "Twister"
- Jonas QuinnBoy
character on TV's "Stargate SG,1"
- "JonasBoy
" novel by Jens Bjørneboe and its main character
- JonasBoy
from the Book of Mormon
- "My Name Is JonasBoy
" song by Weezer
- Jonas HunterBoy
character on TV's "Legends of Tomorrow"
- JonasBoy
character in G. A. Henty's, For the Temple
- Jonas Noah VasquezBoy
character on Norwegian TV series "Skam"
- Jonas MalikiBoy
character from "Sense8"
- Jonas WilkersonBoy
character from "Gone with the Wind"
- Jonas KahnwaldBoy
character from "Dark"
- JonasBoy
one of the main four characters from the series Platoon of Power Squadron