How Many People Are Named Jones?
people named Jones are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 90,587 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,495 babies named Jones in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
332 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jones, 3.6% were girls and 96.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jones alive today is about 17 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jones first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 332 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jones has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #533, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #811.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #811 |
| Best rank | #533 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #899 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jones alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jones were born in California than in any other state: about 269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jones was given 7.3 times as often in Utah, 4.3 times in South Carolina and 3.8 times in North Carolina.
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