Girls' name · since 1996
Jonaye
Jonaye has 20 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,021 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
20 girls have been named Jonaye since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jonaye has 20 recorded births among girls since 1996, 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 1996 to 2014.
- #46,021 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonaye ranks #46,021 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #46,021 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jonaye's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jonaye's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded.
Jonaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2014
- Peak year (1996)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Jonaye by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Jonaye's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jonaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jonaye's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jonaye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1996–2014 (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 Jonaye 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.