Jones
8% girls · 92% boys
About Jones
This quintessentially common last name makes a distinctive if first, given to more than 230 babies in the US in the most recent year counted. It has doubled in use over the last decade.
Jones is also given to girls, where it ranks #5033 in the US.
Pronounced JOHNZ.
As of October 2026, Jones ranked #811 for boys and #5033 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #533 for boys in 1884, Nameberry popularity #621 for boys.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,459 | 112 | 58.3 |
| 2015 | #1,535 | 107 | 55.8 |
| 2016 | #1,495 | 114 | 60.1 |
| 2017 | #1,281 | 142 | 76.7 |
| 2018 | #1,183 | 161 | 88.6 |
| 2019 | #1,134 | 172 | 95.9 |
| 2020 | #946 | 232 | 134.4 |
| 2021 | #914 | 251 | 143.5 |
| 2022 | #948 | 240 | 137.5 |
| 2023 | #965 | 233 | 136.2 |
| 2024 | #849 | 284 | 164.8 |
| 2025 | #811 | 306 | 179.1 |
World rankings
Jones for boys
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Jones on lists
Famous Joness
- Jones CrowBoy
American photographer
- JonesBoy
stage name of Cherie Jones,Mattis, British female singer,songwriter
- Jones McCoy Romo (b. 2017)Boy
son of American football player Tony Romo
- Archer Jones Sebastian (b. 2014)Boy
son of singer Guy Sebastian & Jules Egan
- Jones Robert ( b. 2020)Boy
son of Rocky Barnes.
Jones in pop culture
- JonesBoy
Lux's boyfriend on TV's "Life Unexpected"
- JonesBoy
farmer in George Orwell's "Animal Farm"
- JonesBoy
cat in the 1979 film "Alien"