Girls' name · since 1957
Jonica
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 628 babies named Jonica, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 628
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
628 girls have been named Jonica since 1957, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jonica has 628 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2015.
- #10,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 628 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonica ranks #10,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 628 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 628
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jonica's 628 recorded births place it above 85.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jonica's full recorded timeline at 1984, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jonica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2015
- Peak year (1982)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Jonica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (169 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Jonica's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Jonica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 67
1960s
67 births
- 1970s
1970s
130 births
- 1980s
1980s
169 births
- 1990s
1990s
164 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 169 births (27% of all-time use).
How Jonica compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jonica's total volume
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What to do with Jonica's data
- Jonica's decade-level peak was the 1980s (169 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jonica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~58 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1957–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jonica 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 August 2026.