Jones
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #810 for boys
Jones is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 810th for boys in the US (306 babies).
What does Jones mean?
Welsh
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jones a girl's or a boy's name?
Jones is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 26 girls and 306 boys in the US.
How popular is Jones in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jones, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jones in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Jones in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #810among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 306about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were named Jones, making it the 810th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 946th. 26 girls were also named Jones in 2025 (4,986th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Jones of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Jones in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jones in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #810 |
| 2024 | 284 | #854 |
| 2023 | 233 | #964 |
| 2022 | 240 | #947 |
| 2021 | 251 | #913 |
| 2020 | 232 | #946 |
| 2019 | 172 | #1,132 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,181 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,276 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,491 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,531 |
| 2014 | 112 | #1,456 |
| 2013 | 88 | #1,684 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,002 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,076 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,771 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,221 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 47 | #959 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,026 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,041 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,001 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,050 |
| 1925 | 55 | #909 |
| 1924 | 54 | #952 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,087 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1921 | 62 | #884 |
| 1920 | 58 | #903 |
| 1919 | 62 | #832 |
| 1918 | 58 | #869 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 64 | #763 |
| 1915 | 40 | #996 |
| 1914 | 41 | #836 |
| 1913 | 29 | #914 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 12 | #709 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 14 | #536 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 14 | #528 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 13 | #520 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Names like Jones
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasper Leo Ellis Theo Milo Myles James Otto Archie Oliver Henry Jack
Names related to Jones
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jones: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jones, updated 20 October 2026.