Jones — #849 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jones

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,051 babies named Jones between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jones currently holds the #849 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 284 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jones performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jones shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 291 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jones in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jones 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 5,051 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.