What’s the Back Story?
Yonna Jay, American Gen Z TikTok star, began creating content back in the Summer of 2020. The year is July 2020 and Yonna, a 13-year-old middle schooler, would take the first step to becoming a creator by posting her first TikTok.
Given that she was a literal kid at this time, she used the username @elmo_love_u2, and didn’t reveal her real name until much later. Now, she created her YouTube channel on July 23, 2020, regardless, she did not post on there until much later.
Cue into this: Yonna posted her first YouTube video titled: “the problem with pick me girls,” back on June 20, 2023. That’s nearly three years since she launched her TikTok account. And although her Instagram account was created in December 2018, she did not post until later in December 2020.
Get this, though: more recently, Yonna Jay has been on the trends table… and tell you what? We fact-checked and put together all there’s to know about her: details about her early life, family background, ethnicity, relationship timeline, and really, pretty much everything. Before we get into all of that, though, take a look at her profile rundown.
Profile Rundown
| Real Name | Yonna Jay |
| Last Name | Yonna has yet to share her last name |
| Birthday | November 10, 2006 |
| Age | 18 years old |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Profession | TikTok Star |
| Years Active | 2020 – Present |
| Management | Trendsignite (previous), Fixated (current mgt) |
Early Life
Yonna Jay was born on November 10, 2006, in North Carolina, to parents of African-American and White-American descent. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio. Currently, 18 years old, and yes… she is Gen Z. She has an older brother named Vora.
Originally from North Carolina, Yonna previously lived in Brevard, North Carolina, and currently lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina. She is quite religious… a practicing Christian and has “God did” and a cross sign in her Instagram bio.
As far as education, she is a high school graduate. Cue into this: Yonna posted about going for senior prom back in April 2025. In June, she celebrated graduating high school, still, whether or not she has plans for furthering her education is not known.
Relationship Timeline
Well… back in March 2025, she posted a cute lil’ TikTok of her and Tristian, which quickly started possible relationship rumors. As one would guess, her fan base was so quick to start shipping.
Cue into this: One of the commenter says: “She been posted this man y’all” and she responded and clarified:
“Baby that was an old relationship we on to bigger and better they ain’t the same person 👏💀 the person that posted that video is someone pretending to be me !”
Well… No, Tristian isn’t the ex-boyfriend she was referring to in that context. She was talking about her ex (whoever that is). Cue into this: she posted a cute lil photo with her and Tristian on her IG story on August 8, 2025. So, yeah, they are still together.
Meanwhile, Yonna has also been linked to Rakai but that one viral video of her and Rakai kissing, which, let’s be honest, looked like it was filmed on an actual Twitch stream, is ai generated. People in the comments figured it was fully AI. So, yeah, that wasn’t Yonna Jay.
Well… technically it was her and Rakai in the ‘original photo,’ but someone ran that stream image through one of those infamous AI kissing generators. So, no, Yonna and Rakai did not kiss in real life.
And as for the Caprice dating rumors? She says they’re mostly friends. Guys, people are allowed to have a platonic relationship that doesn’t turn into a situationship. But, I mean, I get it ‘cause I’m still shipping Ayden and Embreigh, which is ironic. I’m sorry, guys. XD
On a rather side note: Yonna is good friends with other Gen Z creators, including Danny Gonzalez, CoryxKenshin, Marlo, YourRage, and many others.
By the way, the current dynamics of her platonic relationship with YourRage is kinda complicated right now, because, earlier in August 2025, Rage fired her after she worked as his caretaker for less than a week. They still follow each other on IG, so they are mostly still good friends.
Body Measurements
Yonna Jay is 5 feet 3 inches tall (160 cm) and weighs around 56 kg (123 lbs). Her parents are of African-American and White (European) descent, so she is Mixed. She has long curly brown hair, brown eyes, and light skin tone.
Career Timeline
So picture this: it’s mid-2020, quarantine boredom is at an all-time high, and Yonna casually posts her #1 best friend on Snapchat. And just like that, she starts her content creation career.
Now, she has been creating content since July 2020. Her content type is mainly skits, lip-sync performance, dance trends, and once-in-a-while chaotic vlogs.
Speaking of vlogs, she has only posted a little over a hundred videos on her @Yonna_jay YouTube channel, has nearly 20k thousand subscribers, and over 920k thousand all-time views.
Cue into this: Yonna’s business email address was yonna@trendsignite.com back in 2023. Currently, though, her email address is yonna@fixated.com, which, if you dot your i’s and cross your t’s, means she was previously managed & represented by Trendsignite talent agency… and currently, by Fixated talent agency.
She has approximately 800k thousand followers on her @y0nn.4 Instagram account, 2.5 million followers on her @yonna.jay TikTok and 180k thousand followers on Twitch. She is mostly active on Twitch and TikTok.
Yonna Jay has partnered with several popular brands, including Fashion Nova. She makes most of her income from TikTok brand partnerships. However, her exact income and net worth are not public knowledge.
