Jonne

Girls' name

Possibly Yahweh is gracious, through Jon

Jonne has been given to 82 babies in the U.S. since 1935. 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 1947, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Jonne, 1979

1 in 665,000

Jonne over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jonne: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly Yahweh is gracious, through Jon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jonne means

Jonne belongs to the name family reached through Jonne → Jon → Johannes → John → John. Its meaning is “Yahweh is gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jonne is used in Finnish.

Jonne comes through Swedish Jon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Johannes, Jouni, Jon and John.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Jonne is pronounced /ˈjonːe/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 82 girls were recorded with the name Jonne between 1935 and 1979. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1947; its best national rank was #3,567 in 1942.

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.

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How common is Jonne?

Jonne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1979, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1979: 1 in 665,000; 5 of 3,326,731 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1979: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,184 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jonne 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 1979 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 461,184 children born in 1979 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jonne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jonnes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jonne was born before 1951 — so the typical Jonne is around 74 today.

Median birth year: 1951; About 74 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 20.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 48; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Jonne 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1947 (9)
Years since peak: 78; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,567; 1942

Spellings of Jonne

Jonne is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 15.8% against Jonne's <0.01%.

Donna15.8%831,641
Joyce9.7%509,332
Joan9.2%481,238
Jane7.2%379,876
Bonnie6.3%328,675
Anne6.2%325,128
Connie5.1%266,783
Joanne4.0%211,970

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.

Jonne 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: —
Best rank ever: #3,567; 1942
Peak year: 1947; 9 that year
First recorded: 1935
Last recorded: 1979
All-time count: 82
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jonne

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

Jones Jonet Jonia Jonea Jonny Jonai Jonay Jonya Jonesy Hanne Jonise Jonaya Jonice Jonta Jonte Jonah Jonas Joniah Jonee Vonne Jonina Joniyah Jonae Jonel

Sibling names for Jonne

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

For a sister

Ernestina Cheryle Caryl Aleta Sherrill Sharyn Charleen Marilee

For a brother

Fredric Lupe Felton Gale Frederic Denny Lon Sammie

Explore around Jonne

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