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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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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1898#1,1215
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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.

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 1966

girls
#1,982
34 births · 1 in 49,770 girls
boys
#76
4,239 births · 1 in 421 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,982Jon34

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #76Jon4,239
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 49,770 of them was named Jon, which outranked 74.0% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jon
  1. #1,952Sherlyn35
  2. #1,952Suzi35
  3. #1,952Teddi35
  4. #1,982Jon34
  5. #1,982Adelita34
  6. #1,982Apryl34
  7. #1,982Arline34
  8. #2,022Angelyn33
  9. #2,022Cherryl33
  10. #2,022Christianne33

Tied with 39 names at #1,982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 421 of them was named Jon, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jon
  1. #73Johnny4,363
  2. #74Joe4,334
  3. #75Curtis4,242
  4. #76Jon4,239
  5. #77Jimmy4,238
  6. #78Martin4,210
  7. #79Jose4,194
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 1,207Jarrod#1,720#513
  2. 893Heath#1,254#361
  3. 467Illya#1,294#827
  4. 419Jarrett#1,294#875
  5. 399Reynold#1,360#961
Fallers
  1. 464Quint#986#1,450
  2. 303Dario#934#1,237
  3. 299Darran#1,000#1,299
  4. 281Artie#897#1,178
  5. 268Daryn#716#984

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

See the top 100 for 1966