Girls' name · since 1914
Jonie
1,246 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.
- #6,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,246
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
1,246 babies have been named Jonie since 1914, making it today's #11000 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonie has been recorded 1,246 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #11000 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #6,451 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,000 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,246 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonie ranks #6,451 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,000 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,246 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,451 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,246
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jonie's 1,246 recorded births place it above 91.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jonie compares
1,246 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jonie's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jonie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jonie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonie splits its recorded history at 1974: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Jonie popularity over time - boys
44 total births recorded since 1912 (Jonie as boys' name)
Jonie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (311 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Jonie's strongest decade.
311 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Jonie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 47
1940s
47 births
- 1950s
1950s
208 births
- 1960s
1960s
206 births
- 1970s
1970s
311 births
- 1980s
1980s
286 births
- 1990s 94
1990s
94 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 311 births (25% of all-time use).
How Jonie 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 Jonie's total volume
Jonie by state
Where Jonie concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| 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% |
30 of 1,246 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Jonie appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jonie's data
- Jonie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (311 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jonies (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Jonie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Jonie 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.