girls:
151 births since 1974
#5565 (3rd percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2022
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
161 births since 1974
#7578 (2nd percentile)
The name Jonay is the #7,578 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 161 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,565 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 151 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2022.
Jonay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 2022 for boys). Birth data for Jonay is available in 21 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jonay has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Jonay were girls. Interestingly, until around 2014, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1974 to 2013), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2014 to 2023).
For girls, Jonay reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #812) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
For boys, Jonay reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Jonay is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jonay".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jonay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.4% confident that Jonay is pronounced as joh-NAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-nay, at 47.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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