Jonnie
Pronounced JH AA1 N N AY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1947
- 144 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Jonnie?
Jonnie is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 10,617 children — the 1,664th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 317 births across the past decade, against a peak of 146 in a single year. That peak was in 1947.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Johnni and Jonni — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jonnie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Johnni
- Jonni
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH AA1 N N AY1 · JH AA1 N N IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jonnie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jonnie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jonnie?
- Jonnie ranks 1,664th among girls' names in US records, with 10,617 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 317.
- Is Jonnie a unisex name?
- No. Jonnie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jonnie most popular?
- 1947, when 146 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jonnie spelled?
- Johnni, Jonni. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.