Girl
Joni
As a girl's name, Joni is understood to mean "God is gracious". It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. The registry counts around 28,699 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
EtymologyVariant of Joanie/Joan
EtymologyMeaning "God is gracious"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
93
1940s
440
1950s
9,262
1960s
8,334
1970s
4,282
1980s
4,230
1990s
1,027
2000s
572
2010s
459
Peaked in the 1950s · 28,699 total U.S. births since 1900