Names / Unisex names
Jonquil
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#4,618
in 1934
First recorded
1934
in U.S. data
Children named
269
since 1934
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #4,618 in 1934 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Jonquil enters U.S. records in American naming records in 1934, where it reads as a unisex name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 269 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.