Jone — girls' name
687 babies named Jone in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Jone was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Jone in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jone
The Social Security Administration has registered 687 babies named Jone between 1929 and 1999, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jone currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jone performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jone shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jone in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jone 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 687 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.
Jone at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jone popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1929
- Peak year (1954)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
687 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 35 births in a single year.
Jone popularity over time — boys
24 total births recorded since 1922 (Jone as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jone accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jone by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 229 births that decade — 33% of Jone's all-time total
Jone decade highlights
- Peak decade 229 births
- Runner-up 197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jone's strongest decade
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jone by state
Where Jone concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Iowa | | 7 | 1.0% |
7 of 687 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Iowa 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Iowa accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1929–1999 (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.