Recorded 1951–2019 Girls' name Peak 1970 223 births

Jonalyn — girls' name

223 babies named Jonalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s201960s281970s441980s271990s542000s212010s29
1990s
Peak decade

24% of everyone ever named Jonalyn was born in this single decade.

1970
Single peak year

11 babies were named Jonalyn in 1970 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jonalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 223 babies named Jonalyn between 1951 and 2019, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonalyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jonalyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonalyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 223 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jonalyn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

223

Since 1951

69 years of records

Peak year

1970

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1951

Recorded for 69 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jonalyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1951

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1970)
11
Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
4681012 20192009199619911981197119661951 5

Jonalyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
54 births that decade — 24% of Jonalyn's all-time total
1950s201960s281970s441980s271990s542000s212010s29

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jonalyn?
223 babies have been named Jonalyn since 1951. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1970 with 11 births.
When was Jonalyn most popular?
Jonalyn was most popular in the 1990s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 1970.
How long has the name Jonalyn been used?
Jonalyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1951, spanning 69 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jonalyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joni, Jonnie, Jonna, Jonathan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.