Recorded 2000–2022 Girls' name Peak 2008 247 births

Joniyah — girls' name

247 babies named Joniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s982010s1292020s20
2010s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Joniyah was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

23 babies were named Joniyah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Joniyah between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joniyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joniyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joniyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joniyah 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 247 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.

Joniyah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

247

Since 2000

23 years of records

Peak year

2008

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2000

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2022

Joniyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
23
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
0510152025 20222019201620132010200720042000 6

Joniyah by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
129 births that decade — 52% of Joniyah's all-time total
2000s982010s1292020s20

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joniyah?
247 babies have been named Joniyah since 2000. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 23 births.
When was Joniyah most popular?
Joniyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 129 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Joniyah been used?
Joniyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 23 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Joniyah?
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, 2000–2022 (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.