Jony
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JON-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jony is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jony mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jonny; pet form of John or Jonathan
“God is gracious”
Meaning borrowed from Jonny. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jony a girl's or a boy's name?
Jony is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jony in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jony, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Jony in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 844 boys in the US were given Jony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #394, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Jony in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
Names like Jony
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordy Jacob Jonah Johan Judah Noah Josiah Axel Jackson Jonas Jaylen Jordan
Other spellings of Jony
Names related to Jony
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jony: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jony, updated 20 October 2026.