Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jonita

#8,155 most common girls' name of all time · #13,642 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–2014

Rank among girls
#8,155
Rank overall
#13,642 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
799
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #1,846
Best rank
#1,846 1952
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1940196019802000

Jonita first appears in 1924. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2014 5 — 5 #16,795
2001 5 — 5 #15,626
1998 5 — 5 #14,391
1997 6 — 6 #12,278
1995 6 — 6 #11,981
1993 5 — 5 #13,733
1992 9 — 9 #8,868
1991 7 — 7 #10,460
1990 20 — 20 #4,738
1989 7 — 7 #9,866
1988 18 — 18 #4,701
1987 15 — 15 #5,131
1986 13 — 13 #5,522
1985 18 — 18 #4,335
1984 14 — 14 #5,021
1983 23 — 23 #3,470
1982 19 — 19 #4,067
1981 11 — 11 #5,992
1980 25 — 25 #3,348
1979 12 — 12 #5,512
1978 15 — 15 #4,518
1977 18 — 18 #3,961
1976 9 — 9 #6,194
1975 6 — 6 #8,215
1974 8 — 8 #6,425
1973 16 — 16 #3,847
1972 13 — 13 #4,381
1971 20 — 20 #3,306
1970 11 — 11 #4,850
1969 14 — 14 #3,842
1968 12 — 12 #4,089
1967 7 — 7 #5,681
1966 20 — 20 #2,791
1965 13 — 13 #3,631
1964 20 — 20 #2,867
1963 21 — 21 #2,748
1962 17 — 17 #3,098
1961 17 — 17 #3,129
1960 20 — 20 #2,780
1959 17 — 17 #2,927
1958 18 — 18 #2,803
1957 17 — 17 #2,890
1956 18 — 18 #2,792
1955 13 — 13 #3,313
1954 15 — 15 #2,971
1953 16 — 16 #2,781
1952 30 — 30 #1,846
1951 10 — 10 #3,630
1950 10 — 10 #3,588
1949 9 — 9 #3,780
1948 7 — 7 #4,471
1947 10 — 10 #3,633
1946 5 — 5 #5,385
1945 12 — 12 #2,706
1944 8 — 8 #3,608
1943 7 — 7 #4,090
1942 10 — 10 #3,149
1940 12 — 12 #2,553
1939 7 — 7 #3,716
1935 7 — 7 #3,699
1934 8 — 8 #3,424
1933 7 — 7 #3,710
1924 6 — 6 #5,026