Jon Boy
How popular is Jon?
#951 boy name in 2025
246 baby boys were named Jon in the US in 2025, making it the 951st most popular boy name.
Jon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #951 for boys (▼ 60 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 246 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #736 in 2015, #809 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (4,911 boys) |
| Highest rank | #65 in 1968 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the John family of names ranked #23 for boys in 2025, with 8,273 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| John | 8,027 | 97% |
| Jon | 246 | 3% |
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 Jon is most popular
Babies named Jon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Alabama: 0.6 per 1,000 (61 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.4 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.3 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 boys)
Jon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1910s | 191 | #1,159 |
| 1920s | 540 | #796 |
| 1930s | 6,364 | #121 |
| 1940s | 19,033 | #112 |
| 1950s | 28,950 | #105 |
| 1960s | 44,879 | #65 |
| 1970s | 28,690 | #68 |
| 1980s | 17,704 | #127 |
| 1990s | 10,364 | #216 |
| 2000s | 6,241 | #354 |
| 2010s | 3,582 | #576 |
| 2020s | 1,594 | #809 |
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Questions
- Is Jon a boy or girl name?
- Jon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jon were boys.
- How popular is the name Jon?
- 246 baby boys were named Jon in the US in 2025, making it the 951st most popular boy name.
- When was Jon most popular?
- Jon peaked in 1964, when 4,911 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #65 in 1968.
- How many people are named Jon?
- 169,391 babies have been named Jon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 132,791 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Jon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jon was most common in Mississippi, at 0.9 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.