Jontue
Jontue was last recorded in 1989, when 5 babies were given it; 112 Americans have been recorded with it between 1977 and 1989 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jontue by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Jontue?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,515, in 1989; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
21 babies in 1981, the peak
Jontue peaked in 1981, when 21 babies were given it (13 boys, #3,312 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | under 5 | 5 | #8,515 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 5 | #7,519 | |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,044 | 5 | #7,234 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,715 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 6 | #5,946 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 7 | #5,180 | |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,701 | 13 | #3,312 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 5 | #6,728 | |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,411 | 9 | #4,223 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,433 | 11 | #3,499 |
Every recorded year (11)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | under 5 | 11 | #3,479 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jontue a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 112 Americans recorded as Jontue, 31% are girls and 69% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jontue: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jontue, and how old are they?
An estimated 105 Americans named Jontue and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 41 and 47. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 117 people named Jontue (47 women and girls, 70 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 107 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.