Jones
Jones was given to 306 boys in 2025, #811 among boys’ names; 5,495 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,750 Americans named Jones and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (68% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jones by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jones mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jones is “an English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.”
Genitive of John.
/d͡ʒoʊnz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jones?
#811 among boys’ names, 2025
Jones rose from #1,535 in 2015 to #811 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.06 to 0.18 per 1,000.
332 babies in 2025, the peak
Jones peaked in 2025, when 332 babies were given it (306 boys, #811 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 284 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #811 | 0.18 |
| 2024 | 284 | #855 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 233 | #965 | 0.14 |
| 2022 | 240 | #948 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 251 | #914 | 0.14 |
| 2020 | 232 | #947 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,135 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,184 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,281 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,495 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 107 | #1,535 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 112 | #1,459 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 88 | #1,689 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,010 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,092 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,488 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,783 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,765 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,475 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,473 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,679 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,494 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,569 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #5,009 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,579 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,160 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,789 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,916 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,556 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,346 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,483 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,970 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,694 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,276 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,750 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,553 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,273 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,762 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,288 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,684 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,187 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,731 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,198 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,728 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,173 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,615 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,343 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,286 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,658 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,990 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,225 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,281 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,246 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,056 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,396 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,180 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,658 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,544 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,004 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,217 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,597 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,925 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,443 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,101 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,792 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,352 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,542 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,053 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,979 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,435 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,612 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,567 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,685 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,473 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,353 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,563 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,416 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,407 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,490 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,397 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,272 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,445 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,286 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,299 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,288 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,108 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,154 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,110 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,443 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 47 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,033 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,007 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 55 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 54 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 62 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 58 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 62 | #833 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 58 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 64 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 41 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 29 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 23 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 19 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 13 | #900 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 13 | #820 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,163 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 12 | #794 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 12 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 9 | #877 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 13 | #665 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 10 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 14 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,238 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 10 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 7 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 11 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 8 | #834 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 12 | #610 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 9 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 8 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 10 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 8 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 8 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 14 | #541 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 10 | #623 | 0.09 |
| 1885 | 13 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 13 | #533 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 11 | #592 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 6 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 9 | #660 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jones a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,495 Americans recorded as Jones, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 26 girls and 306 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jones: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jones, and how old are they?
3,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 68% of the 5,495 Americans ever recorded as Jones. The median Jones alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 3,692 people named Jones (502 women and girls, 3,190 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,327 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 101 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 258 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 156 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 167 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 506 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,560 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jones born?
The states with the most babies named Jones are California, Texas and Georgia, with 34% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 43 | #649 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 29 | #886 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 20 | #527 | 1.5× |
| Utah | 17 | #291 | 3.3× |
| New York | 14 | #935 | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 13 | #540 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #739 | 1.8× |
| Florida | 11 | #1,160 | 0.2× |
| Washington | 10 | #661 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 9 | #748 | 0.8× |
Where Jones is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jones is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jones with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 34,321 babies since 1880, Jones is the second most given (16% of them). In 2025 it was given to 332 of their 808 babies (41%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jones
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jones and names like it
- Compare Jones and JonasBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sJones peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jones since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Jones.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Jones alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.