Girls' name · since 1976
Jonika
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 206 babies named Jonika, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jonika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 206 have been recorded since 1976.
Jonika has 206 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2005.
- #19,524 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 206 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonika ranks #19,524 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 206 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jonika's 206 recorded births place it above 72.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonika splits its recorded history at 1988: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2005
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jonika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Jonika's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jonika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jonika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jonika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1976–2005 (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 Jonika 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.