Given name & surname
Jones
“from the family of John”
Jones is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the family of John.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the family of John.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jones through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,495
- 5,357 boys · 138 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 332 babies
- 2025
- 332
- #811 for boys · #5,033 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +61%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 306 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 811 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 60.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 26 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,692 as a first name in 2020; 1,383,250 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jones’s family of names
In English usage, Jones as a surname has a diminutive in Jonesy. Jones has a related form in Jonesea. Jones has a related form in Jonesee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jonesydiminutive · English
- Jonneslikely variant
- Jonesslikely variant
- Jinesvariant · English
- Johnsvariant · English
- Joneseavariant
- Joneseyvariant
- Joneseevariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jones
- Jones VeryAmerican poet and essayist (1813–1880)
- Jones El-AbdellaouiMoroccan association football player (born 2006)
- Jones MwewaZambian footballer (1973-2011)
- Jones Kusi-AsareSwedish footballerborn 1980
- Jones Cariocafootballerborn 1988
- Jones QuainIrish anatomist1796–1865
- Jones M. WithersConfederate Army general (1814-1890)
- Jones ManoelBrazilian intellectual and communist militantborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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