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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Joni has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#125 · 1 in 446
- North Dakota#127 · 1 in 463
- Nebraska#135 · 1 in 588
- Idaho#145 · 1 in 544
- Iowa#150 · 1 in 680
Best ever in a state: #71 in Nevada, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #125 | 11 | 1 in 446 |
| North Dakota | #127 | 10 | 1 in 463 |
| Nebraska | #135 | 18 | 1 in 588 |
| Idaho | #145 | 8 | 1 in 544 |
| Iowa | #150 | 31 | 1 in 680 |
| South Dakota | #167 | 7 | 1 in 676 |
| Oregon | #177 | 16 | 1 in 829 |
| Minnesota | #194 | 26 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Kansas | #198 | 16 | 1 in 895 |
| Utah | #206 | 10 | 1 in 882 |
| Maine | #223 | 6 | 1 in 1,286 |
| Colorado | #239 | 13 | 1 in 1,166 |
| West Virginia | #276 | 7 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Indiana | #281 | 23 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Kentucky | #295 | 12 | 1 in 2,069 |
| Pennsylvania | #303 | 41 | 1 in 2,184 |
| Wisconsin | #307 | 13 | 1 in 2,735 |
| Washington | #308 | 12 | 1 in 1,781 |
| Oklahoma | #322 | 8 | 1 in 1,954 |
| Michigan | #324 | 31 | 1 in 2,372 |
| Ohio | #326 | 33 | 1 in 2,581 |
| Missouri | #345 | 13 | 1 in 2,659 |
| Georgia | #348 | 16 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Illinois | #374 | 30 | 1 in 2,933 |
| South Carolina | #388 | 8 | 1 in 2,654 |
| Maryland | #398 | 8 | 1 in 3,418 |
| Alabama | #437 | 8 | 1 in 3,452 |
| California | #447 | 50 | 1 in 3,075 |
| Louisiana | #450 | 10 | 1 in 3,204 |
| North Carolina | #460 | 9 | 1 in 4,410 |
| Texas | #505 | 24 | 1 in 3,829 |
| Florida | #576 | 8 | 1 in 5,361 |
| New Jersey | #717 | 5 | 1 in 10,319 |
| New York | #817 | 13 | 1 in 11,218 |
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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.
See more about Joni
- 74 spots since 2024 (#1,870 → #1,796)
- 420 spots since 2020 (#2,216 → #1,796)
- 1,593 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #1,796)
- Biggest jump: 749 spots in 1953 (#1,046 → #297)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1989 (#805 → #978)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1956 at #204 (1,576 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1953–1989
- 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%)
- 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.
Joni in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 2,878 of them was named Joni, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 254,780 of them was named Joni, which outranked 28.4% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,986Winton8
- #2,986Yusef8
- #2,986Zeb8
- #3,249Joni7
- #3,249Aden7
- #3,249Adolf7
- #3,249Agustine7
- #3,537Adriel6
- #3,537Adrienne6
- #3,537Adron6
Tied with 287 names at #3,249; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.