Jone
Jone is a predominantly Fijian masculine given name, a cognate of the English-language name John. In the Basque language, it is a female counterpart to Jon / Ion, again an equivalent of John.
- Basque
- Fijian
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Jone
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jone is a predominantly Fijian masculine given name, a cognate of the English-language name John. In the Basque language, it is a female counterpart to Jon / Ion, again an equivalent of John.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Basque
- Fijian
- Norwegian
The Story of Jone
American parents first put Jone on the record books as a baby girl name in 1929, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1954, when 35 Jones were born — ranking #1,739 that year. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 33% of all recorded Jones. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1999 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 687 Jones have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jone
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About the name Jone
Jone is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1929 and has accumulated 687 births in the dataset. Jone's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #1,739. Use the chart and map above to compare Jone's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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