NameTides

Jones

Jones was the #810 boys' name in the US in 2025 (306 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Jones as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Jones as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Jones as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#810 (306)#5,137 (3)
2024#854 (284)#3,255 (6)
2023#964 (233)—
2022#947 (240)—
2021#913 (251)#4,789 (3)
2020#946 (232)—
2019#1,132 (172)#4,702 (3)
2018#1,181 (161)#4,749 (3)
2017#1,276 (142)—
2016#1,491 (114)—
2015#1,531 (107)—
2014#1,456 (112)#3,895 (4)
2013#1,685 (88)—
2012#2,003 (70)#3,987 (4)
2011#2,077 (64)#4,647 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #810.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Jones were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jones is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jones by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Jones (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Jones (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.