Jonetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jonetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 901 babies named Jonetta between 1931 and 2002, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jonetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonetta in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonetta 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 901 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.