# Jones (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jones/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒoʊnz/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,495 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,357 / 138 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 44, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Genitive of John.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 13,664 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,446 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,299 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,072 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,080 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,741 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,094 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10,022 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,696 |
| 2024 | 24 | 5,364 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,033 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 2,093 |
| 2012 | 70 | 2,011 |
| 2013 | 88 | 1,690 |
| 2014 | 112 | 1,459 |
| 2015 | 107 | 1,535 |
| 2016 | 114 | 1,495 |
| 2017 | 142 | 1,281 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,184 |
| 2019 | 172 | 1,135 |
| 2020 | 232 | 947 |
| 2021 | 251 | 914 |
| 2022 | 240 | 948 |
| 2023 | 233 | 965 |
| 2024 | 284 | 855 |
| 2025 | 306 | 811 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Finnish: Jussila, Jussilainen, Juhola
- Chinese: 瓊斯 /琼斯
- Greek: Τζόουνς
- Russian: Джонс

## People named Jones

- Jones Very, American poet and essayist (1813–1880)
- William Jones Boone, American bishop; first Bishop of Shanghai (1811-1874)
- John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (1831-1901)
- Jones Carioca, footballer
- Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
- Samuel J. Tilden, American politician, Governor of New York from 1875 to 1876, and 1876 Democratic nominee f
- Paxton Pomykal, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.