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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901peak #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.

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 1901

boys
#536
14 births · 1 in 7,605 boys

Top boys' names in 1901

  1. #1John6,900
  2. #2William5,990
  3. #3James4,735
  4. #4George3,609
  5. #5Charles3,049
  6. #6Joseph2,766
  7. #7Robert2,543
  8. #8Frank2,402
  9. #9Edward1,917
  10. #10Henry1,870
  11. #536Jones14
More about 1901

boys

106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 7,605 of them was named Jones, which outranked 55.7% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jones
  1. #506Verner15
  2. #506Waldo15
  3. #506Wilford15
  4. #536Jones14
  5. #536Alvie14
  6. #536Billie14
  7. #536Brady14
  8. #559Abel13
  9. #559Alma13
  10. #559Aloysius13

Tied with 22 names at #536; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. 751Andres#1,310#559
  2. 714Ellwood#1,310#596
  3. 696Kermit#1,162#466
  4. 675Julia#1,162#487
  5. 673Kirk#1,310#637
Fallers
  1. 628Judge#430#1,058
  2. 568Lonzo#490#1,058
  3. 513Travis#430#943
  4. 503Hector#555#1,058
  5. 480Admiral#578#1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1901