Meaning not yet researched.
Jones: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 306 in 2025. Its best rank was #533 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #533 in 1884; #811 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Jones in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#811 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #533.
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Jones: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 306 boys in 2025. Peak: #533 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 306 (2025).
In 2025, 306 US boys were named Jones, making it the 811th most common boys’ name of the year, up 44 places from #855 in 2024. That is 22 more than the 284 boys named Jones in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #533, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 306, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,535 in 2015 and #1,354 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jones in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 5,495 US babies have been given the name, 2.5% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,645 babies named Jones.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,135 US boys were named Jones; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 306. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,582 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jones ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #291 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jonas (28,588 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Johnese and Junies are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Johnese (41), Junies (18).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Jones in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 27 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 17 | #291 | #487 |
| Oregon | 7 | #500 | — |
| Georgia | 20 | #527 | — |
| Arizona | 13 | #540 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #545 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | #565 | — |
| Colorado | 9 | #596 | — |
| Alabama | 8 | #599 | — |
| California | 43 | #649 | #1,961 |
| Washington | 10 | #661 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #700 | — |
| Louisiana | 6 | #719 | — |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #733 | — |
| North Carolina | 12 | #739 | #1,057 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #748 | #706 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #750 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #807 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #844 | — |
| Texas | 29 | #886 | #1,226 |
| New York | 14 | #935 | — |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,065 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,160 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,163 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,199 | #1,426 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #5,033 | 306 | #811 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,364 | 284 | #855 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,696 | 233 | #965 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,022 | 240 | #948 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,094 | 251 | #914 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,741 | 232 | #947 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,080 | 172 | #1,135 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,072 | 161 | #1,184 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,299 | 142 | #1,281 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,446 | 114 | #1,495 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,664 | 107 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | — | — | 112 | #1,459 |
| 2013 | — | — | 88 | #1,690 |
| 2012 | — | — | 70 | #2,011 |
| 2011 | — | — | 64 | #2,093 |
| 2010 | — | — | 50 | #2,489 |
| 2009 | — | — | 44 | #2,784 |
| 2008 | — | — | 44 | #2,766 |
| 2007 | — | — | 31 | #3,477 |
| 2006 | — | — | 30 | #3,475 |
| 2005 | — | — | 41 | #2,683 |
| 2004 | — | — | 27 | #3,498 |
| 2003 | — | — | 25 | #3,574 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #5,016 |
| 2001 | — | — | 17 | #4,585 |
| 2000 | — | — | 14 | #5,168 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,795 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,920 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,561 |
| 1996 | — | — | 11 | #5,353 |
| 1995 | — | — | 19 | #3,489 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #9,521 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #5,976 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,701 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,283 |
| 1990 | — | — | 5 | #8,759 |
| 1989 | — | — | 7 | #6,560 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,278 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,769 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,292 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,189 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,732 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,199 |
| 1981 | — | — | 8 | #4,730 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,174 |
| 1979 | — | — | 8 | #4,617 |
| 1978 | — | — | 8 | #4,345 |
| 1977 | — | — | 12 | #3,288 |
| 1976 | — | — | 7 | #4,660 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #2,992 |
| 1974 | — | — | 11 | #3,227 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,283 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,248 |
| 1971 | — | — | 11 | #3,058 |
| 1970 | — | — | 9 | #3,398 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,181 |
| 1968 | — | — | 11 | #2,659 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1966 | — | — | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,218 |
| 1964 | — | — | 11 | #2,598 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,926 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1961 | — | — | 16 | #2,102 |
| 1960 | — | — | 21 | #1,793 |
| 1959 | — | — | 13 | #2,353 |
| 1958 | — | — | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1957 | — | — | 16 | #2,054 |
| 1956 | — | — | 17 | #1,980 |
| 1955 | — | — | 29 | #1,436 |
| 1954 | — | — | 23 | #1,613 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1952 | — | — | 21 | #1,686 |
| 1951 | — | — | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1950 | — | — | 29 | #1,354 |
| 1949 | — | — | 23 | #1,564 |
| 1948 | — | — | 27 | #1,417 |
| 1947 | — | — | 28 | #1,408 |
| 1946 | — | — | 23 | #1,491 |
| 1945 | — | — | 23 | #1,398 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,272 |
| 1943 | — | — | 24 | #1,446 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,180 |
| 1941 | — | — | 27 | #1,286 |
| 1940 | — | — | 27 | #1,299 |
| 1939 | — | — | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1938 | — | — | 29 | #1,236 |
| 1937 | — | — | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1936 | — | — | 33 | #1,154 |
| 1935 | — | — | 29 | #1,263 |
| 1934 | — | — | 36 | #1,110 |
| 1933 | — | — | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1932 | — | — | 24 | #1,443 |
| 1931 | — | — | 47 | #966 |
| 1930 | — | — | 40 | #1,100 |
| 1929 | — | — | 44 | #1,033 |
| 1928 | — | — | 44 | #1,049 |
| 1927 | — | — | 49 | #1,007 |
| 1926 | — | — | 44 | #1,054 |
| 1925 | — | — | 55 | #911 |
| 1924 | — | — | 54 | #956 |
| 1923 | — | — | 43 | #1,093 |
| 1922 | — | — | 44 | #1,067 |
| 1921 | — | — | 62 | #887 |
| 1920 | — | — | 58 | #905 |
| 1919 | — | — | 62 | #833 |
| 1918 | — | — | 58 | #876 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,052 |
| 1916 | — | — | 64 | #766 |
| 1915 | — | — | 40 | #1,005 |
| 1914 | — | — | 41 | #846 |
| 1913 | — | — | 29 | #924 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #954 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #742 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #900 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #820 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,164 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #794 |
| 1906 | — | — | 12 | #731 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #877 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #665 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #773 |
| 1901 | — | — | 14 | #547 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,239 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #683 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #891 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #702 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #835 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #610 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #735 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #833 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #620 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #784 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #755 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #541 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #623 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #535 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #533 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #592 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #830 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #660 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).