Jonquil — unisex name

What the Data Says About Jonquil

The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Jonquil between 1934 and 2001, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jonquil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Jonquil is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 55 additional births since 1987.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jonquil performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jonquil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jonquil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jonquil 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 214 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.