How rare is the name Joni?

25,986 people in the United States have the first name Joni, about 1 in 11,623. It ranks #1,372 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JONI

#1,372

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,986
About
1 in 11,623
This common or more
74.2%
Who bears it

Of the 25,986 people named Joni, 86.8% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% as Black. 96.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joni peaked in 1956, when 1,584 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19302025
Peak year
1956
Births that year
1,584
In 2025*
124 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 29,502 babies have been given the name since 1930. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joni by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #519. The largest share of babies named Joni, 51.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1930s#4,91493
1940s#2,199440
1950s#5199,262
1960s#5808,333
1970s#8384,282
1980s#9094,231
1990s#2,6251,033
2000s#4,761596
2010s#4,876616
2020s#3,501616
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–6451.8%
Generation X 1965–8025.7%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–123.2%
2013 and later3.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joni is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joni has been most common in Iowa (3.2×), Nebraska (2.9×), and South Dakota (2.5×), and least common in Connecticut (0.22×).

25,360 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Joni

#1,370 Marylou · 26,002#1,371 Solomon · 25,997#1,373 Dena · 25,907#1,374 Ellis · 25,901

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joni, most common first.

#347 Jon · 161,311#6,152 Jona · 2,638#9,657 Jonh · 1,426#9,781 Jone · 1,401#10,543 Jonie · 1,257#10,800 Jonn · 1,216#11,192 Jonni · 1,160#12,611 Jony · 982

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