Jones

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · #810 for boys in 2025, 306 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 13 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,357
since 1880

Jones over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jones has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #520, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,98726#810306
2024#5,30024#854284
2023#10,3129#964233
2022#9,68010#947240
2021#6,96716#913251
2020#7,55914#946232
2019#9,73610#1,132172
2018#12,4647#1,181161
2017#9,94310#1,276142
2016#16,2155#1,491114
2015#13,0067#1,531107
2014—#1,456112
2013—#1,68588
2012—#2,00370
2011—#2,07764
2010—#2,46750
2009—#2,75344
2008—#2,75344
2007—#3,44431
2006—#3,45130
2005—#2,65341
2004—#3,45627
2003—#3,52825
2002—#4,91915
2001—#4,47617
2000—#5,04014
1999—#6,5309
1998—#3,84918
1997—#4,45114
1996—#5,18711
1995—#3,43219
1994—#8,8005
1993—#5,7719
1992—#4,56412
1991—#5,09610
1990—#8,1175
1989—#6,2297
1988—#3,20316
1987—#5,4597
1986—#4,13010
1985—#3,59912
1984—#3,10714
1983—#2,67617
1982—#3,10814
1981—#4,5098
1980—#3,09814
1979—#4,4038
1978—#4,1578
1977—#3,20312
1976—#4,4187
1975—#2,90213
1974—#3,12011
1973—#4,0547
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,97311
1970—#3,2829
1969—#2,13016
1968—#2,57611
1967—#2,47011
1966—#1,96316
1965—#2,17814
1964—#2,54611
1963—#1,90218
1962—#2,36412
1961—#2,07016
1960—#1,77221
1959—#2,29513
1958—#1,53426
1957—#2,01916
1956—#1,94517
1955—#1,41929
1954—#1,59323
1953—#1,55124
1952—#1,66521
1951—#1,46226
1950—#1,34029
1949—#1,54423
1948—#1,40027
1947—#1,39428
1946—#1,47523
1945—#1,37823
1944—#1,25528
1943—#1,43124
1942—#1,16735
1941—#1,27627
1940—#1,28827
1939—#1,27227
1938—#1,22129
1937—#1,09435
1936—#1,14233
1935—#1,24729
1934—#1,09236
1933—#1,15932
1932—#1,42624
1931—#95947
1930—#1,09340
1929—#1,02644
1928—#1,04144
1927—#1,00149
1926—#1,05044
1925—#90955
1924—#95254
1923—#1,08743
1922—#1,05844
1921—#88462
1920—#90358
1919—#83262
1918—#86958
1917—#1,03340
1916—#76364
1915—#99640
1914—#83641
1913—#91429
1912—#93523
1911—#73219
1910—#85913
1909—#80413
1908—#1,1137
1907—#77812
1906—#70912
1905—#8369
1904—#64713
1903——
1902—#74410
1901—#53614
1900—#1,1626
1899—#66110
1898——
1897—#8527
1896—#67411
1895—#7958
1894—#59412
1893—#7059
1892—#7928
1891—#59710
1890—#7398
1889—#7228
1888—#52814
1887——
1886—#60510
1885—#52113
1884—#52013
1883——
1882—#57611
1881—#7816
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jones was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Jones is popular in 1911

No state had 5 or more boys named Jones in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jones
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#854 → #810)
  • 136 spots since 2020 (#946 → #810)
  • 721 spots since 2015 (#1,531 → #810)
  • Biggest jump: 626 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #536)
  • Biggest drop: 501 spots in 1900 (#661 → #1,162)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #520 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1888–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,582
  • Highest: 1 in 5,582 boys born in 2025 were named Jones (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #520 in 1884, was only 1 in 8,803 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 28.9% of all boys named Jones (1,546) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s84#520 (1884)#612
1890s83#594 (1894)#712
1900s96#536 (1901)#814
1910s389#732 (1911)#877
1920s497#884 (1921)#991
1930s332#959 (1931)#1,171
1940s265#1,167 (1942)#1,361
1950s224#1,340 (1950)#1,682
1960s146#1,772 (1960)#2,197
1970s96#2,902 (1975)#3,566
1980s119#2,676 (1983)#3,912
1990s112#3,432 (1995)#5,580
2000s288#2,653 (2005)#3,647
2010s1,080#1,132 (2019)#1,630
2020s1,546#810 (2025)#906

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jones in 1911

boys
#732
19 births · 1 in 11,893 boys

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #732Jones19
More about 1911

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 11,893 of them was named Jones, which outranked 63.4% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jones
  1. #707Tomas20
  2. #707Vester20
  3. #707Warner20
  4. #732Jones19
  5. #732Alf19
  6. #732Arden19
  7. #732Arvil19
  8. #759Armando18
  9. #759Benito18
  10. #759Bertrand18

Tied with 26 names at #732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 900Vincenzo#1,589 → #689
  2. ↑ 900Wyman#1,589 → #689
  3. ↑ 882Rodger#1,589 → #707
  4. ↑ 796Cedric#1,589 → #793
  5. ↑ 796Hughie#1,589 → #793
Fallers
  1. ↓ 881Bertha#859 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 881Arlo#859 → #1,740
  3. ↓ 831Shelton#556 → #1,387
  4. ↓ 812Guss#928 → #1,740
  5. ↓ 812Halley#928 → #1,740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911 →