NameTides

Joni

Joni was the #1,796 girls' name in the US in 2025 (112 babies), and #381 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Joni as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joni as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Joni as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,796 (112)#381 (111)#256 (14)#290 (5)#294 (14)#782 (37)
2024#1,870 (107)#493 (80)#384 (8)#227 (7)#342 (11)#809 (36)
2023#2,269 (81)#490 (81)——#404 (9)#1,203 (20)
2022#2,208 (85)#613 (62)#324 (10)—#338 (12)#1,056 (24)
2021#2,286 (80)#567 (69)#339 (10)#266 (6)#299 (14)#1,025 (26)
2020#2,216 (81)#765 (48)#341 (10)—#544 (6)#1,295 (18)
2019#2,632 (66)#682 (57)#560 (5)—#551 (6)#1,032 (25)
2018#2,744 (62)#806 (47)#449 (7)—#436 (9)#1,301 (18)
2017#2,873 (58)#785 (50)#570 (5)#432 (3)#579 (6)#1,230 (20)
2016#2,761 (62)#916 (40)#453 (7)—#515 (7)#1,690 (13)
2015#3,389 (47)#1,362 (24)#653 (4)—#532 (7)#1,874 (11)
2014#3,226 (50)#1,299 (25)#603 (5)#314 (5)#584 (6)#2,026 (10)
2013#4,543 (31)#1,360 (24)——#660 (5)#2,204 (9)
2012#3,419 (47)#1,150 (29)#580 (5)—#768 (4)#1,695 (13)
2011#4,244 (34)#1,729 (16)#515 (6)#444 (3)—#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1956 at #204.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1930.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 90% of US babies named Joni were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joni is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joni by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Joni (girls) 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#93212

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

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoniCanadaGirls#78237
JoniEngland & WalesGirls#381111
JoniEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JoniIrelandGirls#29414
JoniNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
JoniNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JoniScotlandGirls#25614
JoniUSGirls#1,796112
JoniUSBoys#6,80312