girls:
28.6k births since 1930
#842 (85th percentile)
boys:
651 births since 1942
#3936 (14th percentile)
overall:
29.2k births since 1930
#1494 (81st percentile)
The name Joni is the #1,494 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 29,246 recorded births since 1930. This represents the 80.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #842 (85.3% percentile) for all time with 28,595 births since 1930. For boys, it ranks #3,936 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 651 births since 1942.
Joni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1930 (1930 for girls and 1942 for boys). Birth data for Joni is available in 92 out of the 94 years between 1930 and 2023 (92 years for girls and 67 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 Joni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 88.0% of babies named Joni were girls.
For girls, Joni reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 72.9% percentile (ranked #203) with 765 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 765 births per million (ranked 72.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2012, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Joni ranks #871 for girls (8.0% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Joni reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #834) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Joni ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 64.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joni".
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