Unisex name · since 1978
Jonta
Jonta has 216 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 216
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonta is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 216 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Jonta recorded 216 times among boys since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2016.
- #12,482 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 216 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonta ranks #12,482 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 216 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,482 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 216
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jonta's 216 recorded births place it above 72.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonta splits its recorded history at 1995: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonta popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2016
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Jonta popularity over time - girls
33 total births recorded since 1983 (Jonta as girls' name)
Jonta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (72 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Jonta's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jonta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 72 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jonta's decade-level peak was the 1990s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- 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 Jonta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1978–2016 (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 Jonta 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.