Jonita

girls:

799 births since 1924

#4917 (14th percentile)

overall:

799 births since 1924

#6940 (10th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Jonita is the #6,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 799 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 10.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,917 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 799 births since 1924.

Jonita first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (first recorded for girls in 1924). Birth data for Jonita is available in 63 out of the 91 years between 1924 and 2014. 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.

For girls, Jonita reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #665) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jonita".

1924 2014 19242014

Key Statistics

Total Births
799
Peak Births
30
Peak Year
1952
First Recorded
1924
Peak Percentile
3.6%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#665
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Jonita

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jonita. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 80.0% confident that Jonita is pronounced as joh-NEE-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-nee-tuh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.

joh-NEE-tuh (3 syllables)
80.0% confidence
JH OW0 N IY1 T AH0
JOH-nee-tuh (3 syllables)
20.0% confidence
JH OW1 N IY0 T AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like JH OW0 N IY1 T AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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