How many Yonas are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Yona are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How do you spell Yona?

Yona is one of 2 recorded spellings. Yoona is the more common one — 21 births in 2025 against 18 for Yona.

How popular is the name Yona in 2025?

Yona ranks #6325 among US girl names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Yona?

About 1 in every 89,293 US girls born in 2025 was named Yona — 18 in all.

Will my child share the name Yona with classmates?

Yona will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Yona

Feminine

Yona is given to both — 341 girls and 482 boys since 1880. See other names given to both

#6325 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare18 girls in 2025

Yona entered the US charts in 1924, peaked at #4002 in 1924, ranks #6325 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Yona?

Yona first appears in US birth records in 1924 — 101 years ago. The typical Yona alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 300 people named Yona are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Yona most popular?

Yona peaked in 1924, reaching #4002 nationally. Today it ranks #6325, 2,323 places below that high. See the whole 1924 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1924
Most girls named: 201418 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #4002reached in 1924
Change vs 2024: +12.5%18 in 2025, from 16

Yona sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2014, with 18 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Yonas among us

300

people named Yona are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 89,293 born in 2025 was named Yona

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Yona

#6325
Yona on the 2025 chart: #921
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Yona went to 18 girls in 2025, but Yoona is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 39, which makes it the 921st most-given girls’ name of the year — 5,404 places above the chart.

Yoona21
Yona18

About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 89,293 for Yona itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

Fashion outlook

Yona sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

40%chance Yona will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Yona beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Yona in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Yonathis name18#6325Kaye18#6325Doria18#6325Karolyn18#6325Rosaleen18#6325

US girls given each name in 2025.

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How many Yonas are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Yona are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Yona?: Yona is one of 2 recorded spellings. Yoona is the more common one — 21 births in 2025 against 18 for Yona.
How popular is the name Yona in 2025?: Yona ranks #6325 among US girl names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Yona?: About 1 in every 89,293 US girls born in 2025 was named Yona — 18 in all.
Will my child share the name Yona with classmates?: Yona will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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