Yon

Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948

Peak · boys
1971 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
87
since 1960

Yon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Yon has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,973, 1971boys
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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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2004#9,9486
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1992#8,4355
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1985#5,7856
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1974#3,8378
1973#4,0547
1972#4,4416
1971#2,97311
1970#3,2829
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1963#3,6466
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1961#3,6526
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five boys were named Yon! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Yon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1971 at #2,973 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 160,768
  • Highest: 1 in 160,768 boys born in 1971 were named Yon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 330,830 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 47.1% of all boys named Yon (41) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s24#3,559 (1967)#3,631
1970s41#2,973 (1971)#3,717
1980s11#5,785 (1985)#6,012
1990s5#8,435 (1992)#8,435
2000s6#9,948 (2004)#9,948

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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