Girls' name · since 1989

Joniesha

Joniesha has 17 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

17
total births
1989–1999
years on record
1990s
peak decade
71%
born in that decade

Joniesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1989.

Joniesha has 17 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1999.

  • 17 total births
  • 1989–1999 years on record
  • 1990s peak decade
  • 71% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Joniesha's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Joniesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Joniesha's full recorded timeline at 1996, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Joniesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1999

Last recorded 1999
Peak year (1996)
6
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
4.555.566.5 198919961999 6

Joniesha by decade

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

1990s was Joniesha's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.

Joniesha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joniesha?
Since 1989, Social Security records show 17 babies named Joniesha. The most recent recorded year was 1999. Its busiest year on record was 1996, with 6 births.
When was Joniesha most popular?
Joniesha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Joniesha been used?
Joniesha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 11 years of data through 1999.
What names are similar to Joniesha?
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 July 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, 1989–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Joniesha: Baby Name Since 1989 - 17 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joniesha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Joniesha 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 July 2026.