Recorded 1914–2023 Girls' name Peak 1979 1,238 births

Jonie — girls' name

1,238 babies named Jonie in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s111920s51930s181940s471950s2081960s2061970s3111980s2861990s942000s312010s162020s5
1970s
Peak decade

25% of everyone ever named Jonie was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

58 babies were named Jonie in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jonie

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,238 babies named Jonie between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 311 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jonie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonie in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonie 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 1,238 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.

Jonie at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

1,238

Since 1914

110 years of records

Peak year

1979

58 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1914

Recorded for 110 years

Last year on file: 2023

Jonie popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1914

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1979)
58
Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
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Jonie popularity over time — boys

44 total births recorded since 1912 (Jonie as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 44 births
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Jonie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
311 births that decade — 25% of Jonie's all-time total
1910s111920s51930s181940s471950s2081960s2061970s3111980s2861990s942000s312010s162020s5

Jonie by state

Where Jonie concentrates geographically — total births since 1914

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Jonie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
30 2.4%
#2 North Carolina
17 1.4%
#3 California
16 1.3%
#4 Tennessee
15 1.2%
#5 Georgia
6 0.5%
#6 Alabama
5 0.4%
#7 Kentucky
5 0.4%
#8 Michigan
5 0.4%
Texas share of Jonie's total US births 2.4%
Even split

30 of 1,238 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Jonie appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jonie?
1,238 babies have been named Jonie since 1914. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1979 with 58 births.
When was Jonie most popular?
Jonie was most popular in the 1970s decade with 311 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Jonie most popular?
The top states for the name Jonie are Texas (30 births), North Carolina (17 births), California (16 births).
How long has the name Jonie been used?
Jonie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 110 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Jonie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joni, Jonnie, Jonna, Jonathan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1914–2023 (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.