Girls' name · since 1987
Jonai
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 147 babies named Jonai, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 147
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
147 girls have been named Jonai since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jonai has 147 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2009.
- #22,969 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 147 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonai ranks #22,969 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 147 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 147
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jonai's 147 recorded births place it above 68.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jonai's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jonai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2009
- Peak year (1998)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jonai popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2008 (Jonai as boys' name)
Jonai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Jonai's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Jonai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jonai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jonai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.