Jony — boys' name
268 babies named Jony in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Jony was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jony in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jony
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Jony between 1962 and 2023, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jony currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jony performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jony shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jony in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jony 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 268 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.
Jony at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1962
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
268 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 16 births in a single year.
Jony by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 106 births that decade — 40% of Jony's all-time total
Jony decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jony's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Jony by state
Where Jony concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.7% |
10 of 268 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1962–2023 (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.