Boys' name · since 1970
Jonus
Jonus has 187 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,364 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 187
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
187 boys have been named Jonus since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonus has been recorded 187 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2009.
- #13,364 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 187 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jonus ranks #13,364 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 187 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,364 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 187
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jonus's 187 recorded births place it above 70.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonus splits its recorded history at 2000: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2009
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Jonus by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (111 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Jonus's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jonus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 111 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jonus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1970–2009 (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 Jonus 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.