Boone Boy
How popular is Boone?
#423 boy name in 2025
762 baby boys were named Boone in the US in 2025, making it the 423rd most popular boy name.
Boone popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #423 for boys (▲ 111 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 762 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+243% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #944 in 2015, #581 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (762 boys) |
| Highest rank | #423 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1889 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Boone counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Boone family of names ranked #410 for boys in 2025 (#518 the year before), with 774 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Boone | 762 | 98% |
| Boen | 7 | 1% |
| Boon | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Boone is most popular
Babies named Boone per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 2.2 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Montana: 2.0 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Nebraska: 1.4 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- South Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Iowa: 1.1 per 1,000 (75 boys)
Boone by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #973 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1910s | 55 | #1,745 |
| 1920s | 89 | #2,130 |
| 1930s | 41 | #2,449 |
| 1940s | 13 | #2,871 |
| 1950s | 14 | #2,579 |
| 1960s | 23 | #3,594 |
| 1970s | 102 | #2,507 |
| 1980s | 225 | #1,629 |
| 1990s | 290 | #2,077 |
| 2000s | 496 | #1,741 |
| 2010s | 2,300 | #657 |
| 2020s | 3,229 | #423 |
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Questions
- Is Boone a boy or girl name?
- Boone is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Boone were boys.
- How popular is the name Boone?
- 762 baby boys were named Boone in the US in 2025, making it the 423rd most popular boy name.
- When was Boone most popular?
- Boone peaked in 2025, when 762 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #423 in 2025.
- How many people are named Boone?
- 6,892 babies have been named Boone in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,629 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Boone most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Boone was most common in Wyoming, at 2.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.