Jonica — girls' name
628 babies named Jonica in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Jonica was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jonica in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jonica
The Social Security Administration has registered 628 babies named Jonica between 1957 and 2015, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jonica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jonica 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 628 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.
Jonica at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jonica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1957
- Peak year (1982)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
628 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 23 births in a single year.
Jonica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 169 births that decade — 27% of Jonica's all-time total
Jonica decade highlights
- Peak decade 169 births
- Runner-up 164 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jonica's strongest decade
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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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, 1957–2015 (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.