NameTides

Boone

Boone was the #423 boys' name in the US in 2025 (762 babies), and #799 in Canada.

Boone as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Boone as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Boone as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#423 (762)—#799 (33)
2024#534 (558)—#1,205 (19)
2023#596 (475)#4,992 (3)#1,234 (17)
2022#602 (468)—#1,178 (18)
2021#573 (488)—#1,230 (17)
2020#581 (478)—#943 (24)
2019#657 (402)—#1,737 (10)
2018#666 (379)—#1,983 (8)
2017#718 (337)—#1,349 (14)
2016#794 (298)—#2,182 (7)
2015#944 (222)—#2,715 (5)
2014#1,035 (195)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,144 (158)—#1,252 (15)
2012#1,328 (128)——
2011#1,635 (93)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #423.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1889.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 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 2,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Boone is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Boone by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #235WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: #166IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #392MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #325MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #326ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #206IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #265OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #797CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #385CONebraska: #173NEMissouri: #264MOKentucky: #221KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #246KSArkansas: #199ARTennessee: #185TNNorth Carolina: #339NCSouth Carolina: #287SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #211OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #386GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #649FL
Boone (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

Boone (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
BooneCanadaBoys#79933
BooneEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BooneUSGirls—too few
BooneUSBoys#423762