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Jones

#811 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Jones has been given to 5,495 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #811 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 306 recorded.

Babies named Jones, 2025

1 in 10,800

Jones over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jones: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jones means

Jones is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jones is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Jones is pronounced /d͡ʒoʊnz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,357 boys were recorded with the name Jones between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 306 in 2025; its best national rank was #533 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #947 in 2020 to #811 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,535 in 2015 to #811 in 2025.

In the United States, 138 girls were recorded with the name Jones between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2025; its best national rank was #5,032 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,736 in 2020 to #5,032 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,659 in 2015 to #5,032 in 2025.

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 Jones?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 10,800
306 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,580
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#811
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,511 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jones sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5005%

Put another way: gather 7,511 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jones. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Joness were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jones was born before 2008 — so the typical Jones is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,611
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (1,546).

Is Jones 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
+44
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+136
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+724
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.86×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (306)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#533
1884

Spellings of Jones

Jones is not the most common spelling — James is, with 74.8% against Jones's 0.08%.

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.

Where Jones is used

Across 2016–2025, Jones was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 1,124 boys, against 1 in 8,400 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

189 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 1,124
  2. 2Colorado1 in 3,704
  3. 3Alabama1 in 3,846
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 4,762
  5. 5Georgia1 in 5,000
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 5,000
  7. 7Iowa1 in 5,263
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 5,556

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Jones around the world

Where Jones 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.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • France
    1971–1991
    #2,887
    in 1991
  • South Australia
    1997–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jones

People whose public names include Jones, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jones by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#811
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 136
Best rank ever
#533
1884
Peak year
2025
306 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,357
Count in 2025
306

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,032
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,704
Best rank ever
#5,032
2025
Peak year
2025
26 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
138
Count in 2025
26

Names similar to Jones

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

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Names with a curve like Jones

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jones, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Jones

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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