Joni
- #1,796 for girls in 2025, 112 births
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to girls 97.7% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 1,576 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,815since 1930
Joni over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Joni has never cracked the top 200 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,796 | 112 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #1,870 | 107 | #5,241 | 18 |
| 2023 | #2,269 | 81 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #2,208 | 85 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #2,286 | 80 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #2,216 | 81 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #2,632 | 66 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #2,873 | 58 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #2,761 | 62 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #3,389 | 47 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #3,226 | 50 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #4,608 | 31 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #3,710 | 43 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #3,564 | 44 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #2,461 | 56 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #2,106 | 65 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #1,746 | 83 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #1,663 | 90 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #1,290 | 129 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #1,052 | 170 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #978 | 177 | — | |
| 1988 | #805 | 229 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #741 | 244 | — | |
| 1986 | #622 | 300 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #614 | 308 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #519 | 374 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #442 | 465 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #392 | 588 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #327 | 724 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #319 | 757 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #352 | 660 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #333 | 656 | — | |
| 1977 | #369 | 580 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #359 | 586 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #486 | 380 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #595 | 266 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #648 | 231 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #674 | 221 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #597 | 289 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #544 | 344 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #536 | 337 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #481 | 399 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #447 | 446 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #377 | 588 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #339 | 717 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #303 | 935 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #273 | 1,089 | — | |
| 1962 | #268 | 1,110 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #247 | 1,268 | — | |
| 1960 | #230 | 1,385 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #232 | 1,359 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #217 | 1,422 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #214 | 1,535 | — | |
| 1956 | #204 | 1,576 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #212 | 1,450 | — | |
| 1954 | #281 | 917 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #297 | 757 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #1,046 | 81 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,333 | 47 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,183 | 59 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,132 | 41 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1930
The first year at least five girls were named Joni! It came in at #3,658, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1933, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joni is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Oregon#548 · 1 in 2,175
- Utah#605 · 1 in 2,846
- Tennessee#983 · 1 in 5,346
- North Carolina#1,138 · 1 in 6,640
- New York#1,165 · 1 in 6,527
Best ever in a state: #71 in Nevada, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| North Carolina | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 6,640 |
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 420 spots since 2020 (#2,216 → #1,796)
- Biggest jump: 749 spots in 1953
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1989
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1956 at #204 (1,576 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1953–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,274
- Highest: 1 in 1,274 girls born in 1956 were named Joni (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,351 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 32.0% of all girls named Joni (9,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 93 | #1,703 (1938) | #2,871 |
| 1940s | 435 | #1,106 (1947) | #1,289 |
| 1950s | 9,218 | #204 (1956) | #511 |
| 1960s | 8,274 | #230 (1960) | #350 |
| 1970s | 4,213 | #333 (1978) | #496 |
| 1980s | 4,166 | #319 (1980) | #576 |
| 1990s | 919 | #1,052 (1990) | #1,839 |
| 2000s | 463 | #2,258 (2000) | #3,399 |
| 2010s | 488 | #2,632 (2019) | #3,444 |
| 2020s | 546 | #1,796 (2025) | #2,108 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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