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Jonay

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Literal meaning not recorded; Guanche origin

Jonay has been given to 161 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Jonay, 2011

1 in 732,000

Jonay over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jonay over time

In 2023, Jonay went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19742023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jonay: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Guanche origin

Guanche

What Jonay means

Jonay is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jonay is used in Spanish. Its origins include Guanche.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Jonay is pronounced /xoˈnai/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 151 girls were recorded with the name Jonay between 1974 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1989; its best national rank was #5,954 in 1989.

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Jonay between 2022 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2022; its best national rank was #13,114 in 2023.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jonay?

Jonay had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011
1 in 732,000
5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only
1 in 352,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
507,099 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jonay sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jonay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jonays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jonay was born before 1997 — so the typical Jonay is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
151
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 41.1% of all recorded uses (62).

Is Jonay rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1989 (14)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,954
1989

Spellings of Jonay

Jonay is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 43.5% against Jonay's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jonay around the world

Where Jonay ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1954–1954
    #360
    in 1954

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jonay by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,954
1989
Peak year
1989
14 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
151
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#13,114
2023
Peak year
2022
5 that year
First recorded
2022
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jonay

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jonay

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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