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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #110 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 535 boysAKMaine: #87 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 464 boysMEVermont: #90 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 442 boysVTNew Hampshire: #84 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 566 boysNHWashington: #64 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 313 boysWAIdaho: #107 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 536 boysIDMontana: #56 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 221 boysMTNorth Dakota: #73 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 303 boysNDMinnesota: #52 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 200 boysMNIllinois: #92 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 536 boysILWisconsin: #70 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 331 boysWIMichigan: #82 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 462 boysMINew York: #132 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 828 boysNYMassachusetts: #87 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 589 boysMARhode Island: #95 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 634 boysRIOregon: #94 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 483 boysORNevada: #103 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 479 boysNVWyoming: #67 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 270 boysWYSouth Dakota: #44 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 171 boysSDIowa: #60 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 281 boysIAIndiana: #79 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 430 boysINOhio: #74 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 461 boysOHPennsylvania: #111 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 748 boysPANew Jersey: #130 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 856 boysNJConnecticut: #92 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 553 boysCTCalifornia: #123 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 634 boysCAUtah: #65 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 297 boysUTColorado: #79 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 433 boysCONebraska: #51 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 211 boysNEMissouri: #108 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 688 boysMOKentucky: #94 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 517 boysKYWest Virginia: #92 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 534 boysWVVirginia: #116 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 667 boysVAMaryland: #166 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,156 boysMDDelaware: #118 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 675 boysDEArizona: #131 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 621 boysAZNew Mexico: #189 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 908 boysNMKansas: #71 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 335 boysKSArkansas: #84 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 399 boysARTennessee: #117 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 664 boysTNNorth Carolina: #133 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 776 boysNCSouth Carolina: #186 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,041 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #243 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,583 boysDCOklahoma: #82 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 365 boysOKLouisiana: #171 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 797 boysLAMississippi: #139 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 747 boysMSAlabama: #108 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 528 boysALGeorgia: #169 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 977 boysGAHawaii: #49 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 205 boysHITexas: #133 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 604 boysTXFlorida: #117 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 633 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#44 · 1 in 171
  2. Hawaii#49 · 1 in 205
  3. Nebraska#51 · 1 in 211
  4. Minnesota#52 · 1 in 200
  5. Montana#56 · 1 in 221

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#44271 in 171
Hawaii#49291 in 205
Nebraska#51521 in 211
Minnesota#521321 in 200
Montana#56231 in 221
Iowa#60681 in 281
Washington#64731 in 313
Utah#65461 in 297
Wyoming#6791 in 270
Wisconsin#70931 in 331
Kansas#71421 in 335
North Dakota#73151 in 303
Ohio#741691 in 461
Colorado#79421 in 433
Indiana#79921 in 430
Michigan#821391 in 462
Oklahoma#82511 in 365
Arkansas#84391 in 399
New Hampshire#8491 in 566
Maine#87141 in 464
Massachusetts#87581 in 589
Vermont#9061 in 442
Connecticut#92301 in 553
Illinois#921461 in 536
West Virginia#92241 in 534
Kentucky#94501 in 517
Oregon#94311 in 483
Rhode Island#9581 in 634
Nevada#10371 in 479
Idaho#107121 in 536
Alabama#108501 in 528
Missouri#108491 in 688
Alaska#11051 in 535
Pennsylvania#111981 in 748
Virginia#116471 in 667
Florida#117801 in 633
Tennessee#117471 in 664
Delaware#11851 in 675
California#1232371 in 634
New Jersey#130501 in 856
Arizona#131291 in 621
New York#1321381 in 828
North Carolina#133501 in 776
Texas#1331751 in 604
Mississippi#139251 in 747
Maryland#166181 in 1,156
Georgia#169391 in 977
Louisiana#171371 in 797
South Carolina#186201 in 1,041
New Mexico#189101 in 908
District of Columbia#24351 in 1,583

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 1974

girls
#3,212
21 births · 1 in 69,883 girls
boys
#94
2,750 births · 1 in 572 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #3,212Jon21

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #94Jon2,750
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 69,883 of them was named Jon, which outranked 68.7% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jon
  1. #3,110Wonda22
  2. #3,110Wynona22
  3. #3,110Yashika22
  4. #3,212Jon21
  5. #3,212Alane21
  6. #3,212Alayna21
  7. #3,212Aline21
  8. #3,313Afrika20
  9. #3,313Aime20
  10. #3,313Alica20

Tied with 100 names at #3,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 572 of them was named Jon, which outranked 98.4% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jon
  1. #91Danny2,859
  2. #92Bobby2,792
  3. #93Roger2,754
  4. #94Jon2,750
  5. #95Brett2,677
  6. #96Victor2,621
  7. #97Kyle2,598
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →