Jonesha — girls' name
239 babies named Jonesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Jonesha was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jonesha in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jonesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Jonesha between 1987 and 2006, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jonesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jonesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jonesha 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 239 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.
Jonesha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jonesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1987
- Peak year (1995)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
239 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 23 births in a single year.
Jonesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 162 births that decade — 68% of Jonesha's all-time total
Jonesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 162 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jonesha's strongest decade
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Jonesha by state
Where Jonesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 239 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 2.1% 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, 1987–2006 (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.