Jon
- Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- #951 for boys in 2025, 246 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1968 · 4,209 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 168,142since 1898
Jon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #951 | 246 | |
| 2024 | — | #891 | 265 | |
| 2023 | — | #911 | 254 | |
| 2022 | — | #897 | 260 | |
| 2021 | — | #842 | 282 | |
| 2020 | — | #809 | 287 | |
| 2019 | — | #748 | 319 | |
| 2018 | — | #751 | 314 | |
| 2017 | — | #742 | 321 | |
| 2016 | — | #692 | 357 | |
| 2015 | — | #736 | 331 | |
| 2014 | — | #676 | 376 | |
| 2013 | — | #634 | 389 | |
| 2012 | — | #625 | 388 | |
| 2011 | — | #678 | 347 | |
| 2010 | — | #576 | 440 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #586 | 446 |
| 2008 | — | #526 | 512 | |
| 2007 | — | #492 | 538 | |
| 2006 | — | #454 | 595 | |
| 2005 | — | #430 | 619 | |
| 2004 | — | #409 | 635 | |
| 2003 | — | #375 | 692 | |
| 2002 | — | #365 | 723 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #365 | 729 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #354 | 752 |
| 1999 | — | #345 | 770 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #328 | 827 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #319 | 829 |
| 1996 | — | #315 | 838 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #275 | 1,011 |
| 1994 | — | #271 | 1,033 | |
| 1993 | — | #254 | 1,131 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #240 | 1,196 |
| 1991 | — | #227 | 1,305 | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #216 | 1,424 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #192 | 1,509 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #189 | 1,450 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #181 | 1,515 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #177 | 1,506 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #151 | 1,800 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #147 | 1,848 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #147 | 1,824 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #141 | 2,019 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #132 | 2,056 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #127 | 2,177 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #118 | 2,297 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | #108 | 2,410 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #117 | 2,288 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #111 | 2,323 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | #102 | 2,515 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #94 | 2,750 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #94 | 2,798 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | #89 | 3,221 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #78 | 3,717 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | #68 | 4,371 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 | #68 | 4,213 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | #65 | 4,209 |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 | #71 | 4,160 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | #76 | 4,239 |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | #78 | 4,601 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | #79 | 4,911 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | #84 | 4,750 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #84 | 4,785 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | #93 | 4,608 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | #97 | 4,403 |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | #105 | 3,976 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 | #117 | 3,441 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #110 | 3,467 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #116 | 3,078 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #115 | 3,056 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #111 | 3,161 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #120 | 2,714 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | #135 | 2,151 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #138 | 1,961 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #138 | 1,945 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #144 | 1,884 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #128 | 2,214 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #123 | 2,307 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 | #117 | 2,168 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #112 | 2,043 |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | #122 | 1,812 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #127 | 1,752 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | #125 | 1,763 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 | #128 | 1,545 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #123 | 1,545 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #121 | 1,451 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #126 | 1,408 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #150 | 1,030 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #168 | 816 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #223 | 537 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #243 | 471 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #300 | 317 |
| 1932 | — | #440 | 164 | |
| 1931 | — | #650 | 84 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #672 | 86 |
| 1929 | — | #923 | 53 | |
| 1928 | — | #796 | 67 | |
| 1927 | — | #825 | 65 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #902 | 55 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #944 | 55 |
| 1923 | — | #1,041 | 46 | |
| 1922 | — | #914 | 58 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,101 | 41 | |
| 1920 | — | #975 | 50 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,286 | 30 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,396 | 25 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,159 | 31 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,492 | 17 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Jon! It came in at #1,121, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#259 · 1 in 903
- Alabama#484 · 1 in 2,152
- Tennessee#551 · 1 in 2,828
- Arkansas#555 · 1 in 2,517
- Ohio#595 · 1 in 3,283
Best ever in a state: #23 in Hawaii, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 903 |
| Alabama | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Ohio | #595 | 16 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Oregon | #604 | 5 | 1 in 3,012 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 7 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Georgia | #710 | 13 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Florida | #912 | 15 | 1 in 6,369 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Texas | #937 | 26 | 1 in 6,733 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| California | #1,364 | 13 | 1 in 13,498 |
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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 Jon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 142 spots since 2020 (#809 → #951)
- Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1930
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1923
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1968 at #65 (4,209 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1960–1974
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1924–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 404
- Highest: 1 in 404 boys born in 1965 were named Jon (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,943 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #65 in 1968, was only 1 in 413 (0.24%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 26.7% of all boys named Jon (44,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 191 | #1,159 (1915) | #1,431 |
| 1920s | 540 | #796 (1928) | #938 |
| 1930s | 6,364 | #121 (1939) | #309 |
| 1940s | 19,033 | #112 (1945) | #125 |
| 1950s | 28,950 | #105 (1959) | #121 |
| 1960s | 44,879 | #65 (1968) | #80 |
| 1970s | 28,690 | #68 (1970) | #98 |
| 1980s | 17,704 | #127 (1980) | #158 |
| 1990s | 10,364 | #216 (1990) | #279 |
| 2000s | 6,241 | #354 (2000) | #436 |
| 2010s | 3,582 | #576 (2010) | #686 |
| 2020s | 1,594 | #809 (2020) | #884 |
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.
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