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

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Peak · boys
1968 · 4,209 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
15 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
168,142
since 1898

Jon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #65, 1968boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#951246
2024—#891265
2023—#911254
2022—#897260
2021—#842282
2020—#809287
2019—#748319
2018—#751314
2017—#742321
2016—#692357
2015—#736331
2014—#676376
2013—#634389
2012—#625388
2011—#678347
2010—#576440
2009#17,2945#586446
2008—#526512
2007—#492538
2006—#454595
2005—#430619
2004—#409635
2003—#375692
2002—#365723
2001#12,0567#365729
2000#8,02712#354752
1999—#345770
1998#12,4266#328827
1997#7,74211#319829
1996—#315838
1995#10,5147#2751,011
1994—#2711,033
1993—#2541,131
1992#13,3175#2401,196
1991—#2271,305
1990#7,88010#2161,424
1989#10,8476#1921,509
1988#6,27712#1891,450
1987#6,78810#1811,515
1986#4,72416#1771,506
1985#4,45517#1511,800
1984#3,87420#1471,848
1983#3,68721#1471,824
1982#4,02519#1412,019
1981#3,73921#1322,056
1980#5,54412#1272,177
1979#4,23117#1182,297
1978#3,09825#1082,410
1977#4,23516#1172,288
1976#3,40720#1112,323
1975#3,05223#1022,515
1974#3,21221#942,750
1973#3,48118#942,798
1972#2,82024#893,221
1971#3,50818#783,717
1970#2,93823#684,371
1969#2,29631#684,213
1968#2,36027#654,209
1967#2,01234#714,160
1966#1,98234#764,239
1965#2,06432#784,601
1964#2,19530#794,911
1963#2,36426#844,750
1962#2,60522#844,785
1961#2,35926#934,608
1960#2,30726#974,403
1959#2,19127#1053,976
1958#1,79137#1173,441
1957#3,48912#1103,467
1956#2,62219#1163,078
1955#2,47220#1153,056
1954#2,29522#1113,161
1953#2,51618#1202,714
1952#2,26621#1352,151
1951#3,48210#1381,961
1950#2,34118#1381,945
1949#2,62015#1441,884
1948#1,90125#1282,214
1947#1,86327#1232,307
1946#1,61730#1172,168
1945#1,87420#1122,043
1944#1,38134#1221,812
1943#1,83422#1271,752
1942#1,55928#1251,763
1941#1,61024#1281,545
1940#2,29713#1231,545
1939#2,03816#1211,451
1938#2,44712#1261,408
1937#3,4347#1501,030
1936#3,1038#168816
1935#2,9269#223537
1934#4,2865#243471
1933#2,68810#300317
1932—#440164
1931—#65084
1930#3,6587#67286
1929—#92353
1928—#79667
1927—#82565
1926#4,3066#90255
1925#2,93911#95650
1924#4,4346#94455
1923—#1,04146
1922—#91458
1921—#1,10141
1920—#97550
1919—#1,20734
1918—#1,28630
1917—#1,39625
1916—#1,59420
1915—#1,15931
1914—#1,49217
1913—#1,67611
1912—#1,8858
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,4216
1909—#1,4405
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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 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedAKMaine: #118 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 639 boysMEVermont: #92 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 509 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedNHWashington: #59 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 273 boysWAIdaho: #90 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 347 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #111 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 558 boysNDMinnesota: #46 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 257 boysMNIllinois: #88 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 550 boysILWisconsin: #64 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 344 boysWIMichigan: #91 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 517 boysMINew York: #119 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 977 boysNYMassachusetts: #113 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,096 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedRIOregon: #70 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 316 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #96 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 421 boysSDIowa: #59 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 305 boysIAIndiana: #73 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 406 boysINOhio: #73 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 417 boysOHPennsylvania: #105 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 914 boysPANew Jersey: #113 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,045 boysNJConnecticut: #87 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 654 boysCTCalifornia: #94 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 497 boysCAUtah: #79 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 326 boysUTColorado: #96 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 446 boysCONebraska: #105 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 539 boysNEMissouri: #131 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 768 boysMOKentucky: #273 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,596 boysKYWest Virginia: #183 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,211 boysWVVirginia: #221 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,630 boysVAMaryland: #191 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,246 boysMDDelaware: #66 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 365 boysDEArizona: #130 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 557 boysAZNew Mexico: #159 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 662 boysNMKansas: #56 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 264 boysKSArkansas: #225 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,750 boysARTennessee: #202 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,745 boysTNNorth Carolina: #279 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,845 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #118 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 792 boysDCOklahoma: #109 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 546 boysOKLouisiana: #286 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,057 boysLAMississippi: #291 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,725 boysMSAlabama: #270 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,401 boysALGeorgia: #271 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,595 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jon, so not publishedHITexas: #209 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 1,152 boysTXFlorida: #148 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 859 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#46 · 1 in 257
  2. Kansas#56 · 1 in 264
  3. Washington#59 · 1 in 273
  4. Iowa#59 · 1 in 305
  5. Wisconsin#64 · 1 in 344

Best ever in a state: #23 in Hawaii, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#46931 in 257
Kansas#56491 in 264
Iowa#59691 in 305
Washington#59461 in 273
Wisconsin#64731 in 344
Delaware#6651 in 365
Oregon#70251 in 316
Indiana#73701 in 406
Ohio#731301 in 417
Utah#79171 in 326
Connecticut#87171 in 654
Illinois#881071 in 550
Idaho#90141 in 347
Michigan#91891 in 517
Vermont#9251 in 509
California#941061 in 497
Colorado#96221 in 446
South Dakota#96121 in 421
Nebraska#105181 in 539
Pennsylvania#105841 in 914
Oklahoma#109391 in 546
North Dakota#111101 in 558
Massachusetts#113281 in 1,096
New Jersey#113261 in 1,045
District of Columbia#11881 in 792
Maine#118101 in 639
New York#119961 in 977
Arizona#13091 in 557
Missouri#131381 in 768
Florida#148181 in 859
New Mexico#15991 in 662
West Virginia#183161 in 1,211
Maryland#19161 in 2,246
Tennessee#202161 in 1,745
Texas#209541 in 1,152
Virginia#221151 in 1,630
Arkansas#225111 in 1,750
Alabama#270121 in 2,401
Georgia#271121 in 2,595
Kentucky#273111 in 2,596
North Carolina#279131 in 2,845
Louisiana#286111 in 2,057
Mississippi#29181 in 2,725
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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
  • 60 spots since 2024 (#891 → #951)
  • 142 spots since 2020 (#809 → #951)
  • 215 spots since 2015 (#736 → #951)
  • Biggest jump: 251 spots in 1930 (#923 → #672)
  • Biggest drop: 127 spots in 1923 (#914 → #1,041)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,121 (1898)#1,121
1900s5#1,440 (1909)#1,440
1910s191#1,159 (1915)#1,431
1920s540#796 (1928)#938
1930s6,364#121 (1939)#309
1940s19,033#112 (1945)#125
1950s28,950#105 (1959)#121
1960s44,879#65 (1968)#80
1970s28,690#68 (1970)#98
1980s17,704#127 (1980)#158
1990s10,364#216 (1990)#279
2000s6,241#354 (2000)#436
2010s3,582#576 (2010)#686
2020s1,594#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.

Jon in 1940

girls
#2,297
13 births · 1 in 87,964 girls
boys
#123
1,545 births · 1 in 750 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #2,297Jon13

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #123Jon1,545
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 87,964 of them was named Jon, which outranked 54.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jon
  1. #2,203Willine14
  2. #2,203Yvonna14
  3. #2,203Zenith14
  4. #2,297Jon13
  5. #2,297Adaline13
  6. #2,297Afton13
  7. #2,297Alethea13
  8. #2,424Alejandra12
  9. #2,424Alvin12
  10. #2,424Alys12

Tied with 126 names at #2,297; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 750 of them was named Jon, which outranked 96.9% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jon
  1. #120Victor1,567
  2. #121Steve1,555
  3. #122Mike1,549
  4. #123Jon1,545
  5. #124Gilbert1,531
  6. #125Keith1,512
  7. #126Danny1,479
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →