UK boy's name
Jonjo
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Jonjo is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Jonjo popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5119, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2015, with 13 births.
This profile covers 220 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 23% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 221 living people in the UK are called Jonjo. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Jonjo ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2015, when 13 boys were registered as Jonjo.
- • Jonjo ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #403 in 2012.
- • About 221 living people in the UK are estimated to have Jonjo as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5119
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
2015
13 births
Estimated living
221
2026
Popularity
Jonjo over time
The chart below shows babies named Jonjo registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Jonjo, the clearest high point is 2015. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 13 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jonjo by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Jonjo was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3967 | 23 | 5 |
| 2010s | #2405 | 92 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2065 | 80 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1848 | 25 | 4 |
Geography
Where Jonjo is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Jonjo. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Jonjo ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #403 in 2012.
Across the UK
Jonjo in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#403 in 2012
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Jonjo
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Jonjo Shelvey
association football player
English association football player
1992-
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Jonjo Maudsley
writer; advertising person; copywriter
British writer
1990-
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Jonjo Dickman
association football player
English association football player (born 1981)
1981-
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Jonjo O'Neill
actor; television actor
Irish actor
1978-
Related
Names similar to Jonjo
- Jack 188,738
- Joshua 145,192
- James 141,878
- Joseph 102,259
- Jacob 93,754
- Jake 66,896
- Jamie 41,243
- Jordan 36,750
- Jayden 28,921
- Jude 24,156
- John 22,240
- Joe 19,164
FAQ
Jonjo: questions and answers
How popular is the name Jonjo in the UK right now?
In 2024, Jonjo was ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Jonjo most popular?
The peak year on record was 2015, with 13 babies registered as Jonjo in England and Wales.
How many people are called Jonjo in the UK?
A total of 220 babies have been registered as Jonjo across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Jonjo most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Jonjo ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #403 in 2012. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.