Boone
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #423 for boys in 2025, 762 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 762 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,887since 1889
Boone over time
Rank among boys' names. Boone has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #423 | 762 | |
| 2024 | — | #534 | 558 | |
| 2023 | — | #596 | 475 | |
| 2022 | — | #602 | 468 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #573 | 488 |
| 2020 | — | #581 | 478 | |
| 2019 | — | #657 | 402 | |
| 2018 | — | #666 | 379 | |
| 2017 | — | #718 | 337 | |
| 2016 | — | #794 | 298 | |
| 2015 | — | #944 | 222 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,035 | 195 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,144 | 158 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,328 | 128 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,635 | 93 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,725 | 88 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,742 | 88 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,001 | 70 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,185 | 61 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,398 | 51 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,674 | 37 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,632 | 36 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,736 | 33 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,552 | 33 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,332 | 34 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,085 | 37 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,724 | 35 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,630 | 36 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
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| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Boone! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Boone is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#854 · 1 in 7,264
- North Carolina#897 · 1 in 7,691
- Georgia#1,124 · 1 in 9,837
- Texas#1,546 · 1 in 20,718
- California#2,232 · 1 in 40,357
Best ever in a state: #70 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #854 | 5 | 1 in 7,264 |
| North Carolina | #897 | 7 | 1 in 7,691 |
| Georgia | #1,124 | 6 | 1 in 9,837 |
| Texas | #1,546 | 9 | 1 in 20,718 |
| California | #2,232 | 6 | 1 in 40,357 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Boone
- 111 spots since 2024 (#534 → #423)
- 158 spots since 2020 (#581 → #423)
- 521 spots since 2015 (#944 → #423)
- Biggest jump: 150 spots in 2016 (#944 → #794)
- Biggest drop: 29 spots in 2022 (#573 → #602)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 2025 at #423 (762 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2015–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,242 boys born in 2025 were named Boone (0.04%)
- 46.9% of all boys named Boone (3,229) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,130 (1903) | #1,130 |
| 1910s | 55 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,490 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,131 (1920) | #3,100 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,449 (1939) | #3,113 |
| 1940s | 13 | #2,871 (1940) | #3,002 |
| 1950s | 14 | #2,580 (1950) | #3,204 |
| 1960s | 23 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,842 |
| 1970s | 102 | #2,508 (1976) | #3,317 |
| 1980s | 225 | #1,630 (1984) | #2,531 |
| 1990s | 290 | #2,082 (1994) | #2,640 |
| 2000s | 496 | #1,742 (2009) | #2,438 |
| 2010s | 2,300 | #657 (2019) | #1,065 |
| 2020s | 3,229 | #423 (2025) | #552 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Boone in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 22,541 of them was named Boone, which outranked 88.0% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,731Laron89
- #1,731Ocean89
- #1,731Rayshawn89
- #1,742Boone88
- #1,742Cecil88
- #1,742Cornell88
- #1,742Gadiel88
- #1,755Adnan87
- #1,755Archie87
- #1,755Bradly87
Tied with 12 names at #1,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.