Jonay — unisex name

What the Data Says About Jonay

The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Jonay between 1974 and 2011, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Jonay is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2022.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jonay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonay 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 151 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.