Von
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124 · #2,125 for boys in 2025, 68 births
Given to boys 92.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 118 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,552since 1898
Von over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #2,125 | 68 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,997 | 77 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,875 | 84 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,168 | 67 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,000 | 74 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,212 | 62 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,464 | 54 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,635 | 47 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,844 | 80 |
| 2016 | — | #2,184 | 62 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,641 | 46 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,370 | 54 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,804 | 41 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,716 | 44 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,000 | 38 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,308 | 33 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,528 | 50 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,153 | 34 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,172 | 32 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,943 | 31 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,617 | 23 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,922 | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,031 | 27 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,296 | 23 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | — | #2,209 | 35 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,362 | 31 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | — | #1,702 | 47 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #1,655 | 41 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,629 | 36 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #1,475 | 42 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,677 | 31 |
| 1975 | — | #1,304 | 44 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #976 | 70 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,103 | 55 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #903 | 71 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #751 | 97 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #832 | 74 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #766 | 90 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #771 | 91 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #849 | 80 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #781 | 95 |
| 1962 | — | #741 | 107 | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #817 | 87 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #738 | 109 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #727 | 111 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | #691 | 118 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #738 | 103 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #940 | 63 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #818 | 80 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #778 | 84 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #920 | 61 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #794 | 78 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #820 | 74 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #830 | 67 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #824 | 68 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #923 | 57 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #952 | 49 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,187 | 33 |
| 1942 | — | #1,026 | 43 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,040 | 39 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #929 | 47 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #954 | 43 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #992 | 41 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #845 | 52 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #858 | 53 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #771 | 64 |
| 1933 | — | #843 | 54 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #980 | 45 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #910 | 50 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,211 | 35 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #951 | 53 |
| 1926 | — | #1,242 | 34 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #1,333 | 30 |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,225 | 35 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,481 | 24 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,240 | 29 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | — | #1,492 | 17 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Von! It came in at #885, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1900, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Von is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#429 · 1 in 8,067
- North Carolina#439 · 1 in 6,605
- Michigan#559 · 1 in 15,535
- Ohio#562 · 1 in 15,938
- California#821 · 1 in 23,624
Best ever in a state: #126 in Utah, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #429 | 6 | 1 in 8,067 |
| North Carolina | #439 | 8 | 1 in 6,605 |
| Michigan | #559 | 6 | 1 in 15,535 |
| Ohio | #562 | 7 | 1 in 15,938 |
| California | #821 | 8 | 1 in 23,624 |
| Texas | #903 | 6 | 1 in 19,934 |
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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 Von
- 128 spots since 2024 (#1,997 → #2,125)
- 87 spots since 2020 (#2,212 → #2,125)
- 516 spots since 2015 (#2,641 → #2,125)
- Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1931 (#1,215 → #910)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1972 (#976 → #1,285)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1958 at #691 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1950–1969
- Highest: 1 in 16,134 boys born in 1934 were named Von (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,119 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #691 in 1958, was only 1 in 17,987 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.2% of all boys named Von (901) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #885 (1898) | #885 |
| 1900s | 11 | #943 (1901) | #1,037 |
| 1910s | 185 | #1,240 (1916) | #1,425 |
| 1920s | 327 | #951 (1927) | #1,306 |
| 1930s | 476 | #771 (1934) | #936 |
| 1940s | 454 | #824 (1948) | #1,008 |
| 1950s | 839 | #691 (1958) | #806 |
| 1960s | 901 | #738 (1960) | #795 |
| 1970s | 434 | #976 (1971) | #1,380 |
| 1980s | 357 | #1,475 (1980) | #1,738 |
| 1990s | 287 | #1,702 (1990) | #2,743 |
| 2000s | 343 | #2,528 (2009) | #3,102 |
| 2010s | 499 | #1,844 (2017) | #2,597 |
| 2020s | 432 | #1,875 (2023) | #2,063 |
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.
Von in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 201,850 of them was named Von, which outranked 43.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,009Yetta11
- #4,009Zetta11
- #4,009Zoeann11
- #4,239Von10
- #4,239Aaron10
- #4,239Adora10
- #4,239Alanda10
- #4,546Aggie9
- #4,546Ailene9
- #4,546Albina9
Tied with 306 names at #4,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 24,416 of them was named Von, which outranked 82.5% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).