# Joni (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joni/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,502 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 687 / 28,815 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 961, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Commonly used as a diminutive of Joan.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,294 |
| 2012 | 47 | 3,439 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,582 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,250 |
| 2015 | 47 | 3,407 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,780 |
| 2017 | 58 | 2,883 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,765 |
| 2019 | 66 | 2,637 |
| 2020 | 81 | 2,230 |
| 2021 | 80 | 2,298 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,218 |
| 2023 | 81 | 2,279 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,876 |
| 2025 | 112 | 1,803 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,788 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,135 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,064 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,843 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,500 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,033 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,653 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,521 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,274 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,455 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,491 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,299 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,494 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,327 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,988 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 40 | 916 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 47 | 806 |
| 2019 | 57 | 682 |
| 2020 | 48 | 765 |
| 2021 | 69 | 567 |
| 2022 | 62 | 613 |
| 2023 | 81 | 490 |
| 2024 | 80 | 493 |
| 2025 | 111 | 381 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Joni

- Joni Ernst, American politician (born 1970)
- Joni Kauko, Finnish association football player
- Joni Huntley, American high jumper (born 1956)
- Joni James, American singer (1930–2022)
- Joni Mäki, Finnish cross-country skier
- Joni Eareckson Tada, American artist
- Joni Nyman, boxer
- Joni Ortio, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
- Joni Aho, Finnish footballer
- Joni Turunen, Finnish boxer

## 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.