Jonn
Masculine · “God is gracious”
Jonn is Jon with a doubled n, a short, strong spelling of one of the oldest names in English. It is one syllable and says exactly what it looks like.
How old is the name Jonn?
Jonn first appears in US birth records in 1937 — 88 years ago. The typical Jonn alive today was born around 1973, making them about 52 years old. About 500 people named Jonn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jonn most popular?
Jonn peaked in 1970, reaching #2058 nationally. See the whole 1970 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yohanan to Jonn
The story of Jonn
Jon is a short spelling used for John in Scandinavia and for Jonathan in English, and American families wrote it several ways. Jonn doubles the final n, perhaps to make the short name look fuller on the page. No record explains the choice, and beyond it the name shares the long history of John.
Meaningscholars disagree
God is gracious, through John
Jon can stand for John, God is gracious, or for Jonathan, God has given; Jonn doubles the n, and the record does not say which a family meant.
How the name formed
- Yohanan
- John / Jon
- Jonn
Related forms: Jon · John
Pronouncing Jonn
JAHN
One syllable.
Nicknames for Jonn
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1937
- Most boys named
- 197019 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2058reached in 1970
- Change vs 2013
- −16.7%5 in 2016, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jonn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jon in Norwegian — same name
- John in English — same name
Jonns among us
people named Jonn are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jonn sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short and strong.
- It carries one of the most enduring names in English.
- People will write John or Jon.
- The doubled n may be read as a typo.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jonns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Jonn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jonn in 2025?
- Jonn is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Jonn with classmates?
- Jonn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
James#6 · John#23 · Joseph#29 · Joshua#66 · Jason#165 · Jacob#43 · Jeffrey#552 · Jonathan#89
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