Girls' name · since 1928
Jonna
Jonna has 5,564 recorded births since 1928 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1963 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,923 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,564
- born since 1928
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jonna is the #8923 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,564 recorded since 1928.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonna has been recorded 5,564 times among girls since 1928, currently ranked #8923 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 2025.
- #2,393 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,923 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,564 born since 1928
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonna ranks #2,393 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,923 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,564 born since 1928, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,923 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,564
- born since 1928
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jonna's 5,564 recorded births place it above 96.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jonna compares
5,564 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Jonna's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jonna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,564 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 261 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonna splits its recorded history at 1978: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 261 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 261
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Jonna by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (1,450 births, 26% of the file).
1960s was Jonna's strongest decade.
1,450 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Jonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 49
1930s
49 births
- 1940s 304
1940s
304 births
- 1950s 528
1950s
528 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,450 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,053 births
- 1980s
1980s
894 births
- 1990s
1990s
656 births
- 2000s 381
2000s
381 births
- 2010s 188
2010s
188 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 1,450 births (26% of all-time use).
How Jonna 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 Jonna's total volume
Jonna by state
Where Jonna concentrates geographically, total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 469 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 284 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 179 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 135 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 125 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 116 | 2.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 113 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 107 | 1.9% |
469 of 5,564 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Jonna appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jonna's data
- Jonna's decade-level peak was the 1960s (1,450 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jonnas (469 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Jonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~97 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, 1928–2025 (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 Jonna 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.