NameTides

Bjorn

Bjorn was the #829 boys' name in the US in 2025 (298 babies), and #556 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Bjorn as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bjorn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanadaIreland
Bjorn as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Bjorn to 2020, Björn 2024, Bjorn from 2025. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#829 (298)#556 (70)——#829 (3)#1,049 (24)
2024#766 (331)#800 (41)——#785 (3)#871 (29)
2023#795 (314)#614 (58)#728 (3)——#1,234 (17)
2022#782 (323)#640 (55)#590 (4)——#727 (35)
2021#765 (327)#659 (55)———#794 (32)
2020#777 (302)#812 (38)#536 (5)—#741 (3)#802 (30)
2019#868 (254)#723 (46)#464 (6)——#1,448 (13)
2018#870 (251)#1,013 (28)———#885 (26)
2017#947 (220)#906 (34)#406 (8)——#1,349 (14)
2016#1,221 (153)#1,187 (23)#592 (4)#421 (3)—#1,578 (11)
2015#1,599 (100)#1,511 (16)————
2014#2,154 (63)#2,459 (8)———#1,657 (10)
2013#2,424 (51)#3,822 (4)————
2012#3,179 (35)#2,721 (7)———#2,368 (6)
2011#2,504 (49)#4,647 (3)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #766.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1925.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bjorn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 6,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bjorn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #378ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #366CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #958FL
Bjorn (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Bjorn (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BjornCanadaBoys#1,04924
BjornEngland & WalesBoys#55670
BjornIrelandBoys#8293
BjörnIrelandBoys—too few
BjornNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BjornScotlandBoys—too few
BjornUSBoys#829298