Girls' name · since 1983
Jonessa
109 babies named Jonessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 109
- total births
- 1983–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
Jonessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 109 recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonessa has been recorded 109 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2021.
- 109 total births
- 1983–2021 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonessa's 109 recorded births place it above 64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jonessa's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jonessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2021
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Jonessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jonessa's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Jonessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 38 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Jonessa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1983–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonessa: Baby Name Since 1983 - 109 Births, Peak 2003." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonessa. 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 Jonessa 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.