Jonna — girls' name
5,551 babies named Jonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Jonna was born in this single decade.
261 babies were named Jonna in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jonna
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,551 babies named Jonna between 1928 and 2023, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 261 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonna performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jonna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 469 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jonna in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jonna 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 5,551 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.
Jonna at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1928
- Peak year (1963)
- 261
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
5,551 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 261 births in a single year.
Jonna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,450 births that decade — 26% of Jonna's all-time total
Jonna decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,450 births
- Runner-up 1,053 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jonna's strongest decade
1,450 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 116 | 2.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 113 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 107 | 1.9% |
469 of 5,551 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.4% of nationwide
- Missouri 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jonna appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1928–2023 (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.