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Jonte

#8,556 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Jonatan or Jonathan or Jonas

Jonte has been given to 1,489 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #8,556 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 67 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Jonte, 2025

1 in 368,000

Jonte over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Jonte went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19772025

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.

Jonte: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Jonatan or Jonathan or Jonas

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jonte means

Jonte is a diminutive of Jonatan or Jonathan or Jonas.

Origin, language, and formation

Jonte is used in Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jonatan, Jonathan and Jonas.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Swedish, Jonte is pronounced /²jɔntɛ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,263 boys were recorded with the name Jonte between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 67 in 1997; its best national rank was #1,542 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,370 in 2020 to #8,556 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,960 in 2015 to #8,556 in 2025.

In the United States, 226 girls were recorded with the name Jonte between 1977 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1988; its best national rank was #3,942 in 1988.

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 Jonte?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,556
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jonte 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jonte. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jontes were born

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

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
36.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,263
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 36.0% of all recorded uses (455).

Is Jonte 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
+1,801
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−186
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,596
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.47×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.4%
Peak was 1997 (67)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,542
1997

Spellings of Jonte

Jonte is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 34.4% against Jonte's 0.07%.

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 Jonte is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jonte was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 531,636 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Indiana1 in —
  5. 5Louisiana1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

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. Jonte has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jonte is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jonte was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,668,796 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Jonte has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jonte around the world

Where Jonte 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
    2003–2017
    #4,812
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1993–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jonte by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,556
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 186
Best rank ever
#1,542
1997
Peak year
1997
67 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,263
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,942
1988
Peak year
1988
23 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
226
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jonte

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

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Sibling names for Jonte

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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