Girls' name · since 1945
Jonda
Jonda has 508 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 508
- total births
- 1945–1991
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
Jonda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 508 recorded since 1945.
Jonda has 508 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1991.
- 508 total births
- 1945–1991 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonda's 508 recorded births place it above 84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Jonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonda splits its recorded history at 1969: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1991
- Peak year (1973)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jonda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Jonda's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
112 births
- 1960s
1960s
176 births
- 1970s
1970s
131 births
- 1980s 67
1980s
67 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 176 births (35% of all-time use).
How Jonda compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jonda's total volume
Jonda vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Jonda by state
Where Jonda concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 77 | 15.2% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 5 | 1.0% |
77 of 508 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Jonda's decade-level peak was the 1960s (176 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Jondas (77 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1945–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonda: Baby Name Since 1945 - 508 Births, Peak 1973." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonda. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jonda 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 July 2026.