NameTides

Jon

Jon was the #951 boys' name in the US in 2025 (246 babies), and #1,798 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Jon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jon 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jon 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#951 (246)#1,798 (14)———#1,804 (11)
2024#891 (265)#1,758 (14)———#1,246 (18)
2023#911 (254)#1,407 (18)———#1,342 (15)
2022#897 (260)#2,321 (9)———#1,415 (14)
2021#842 (282)#1,688 (14)———#1,342 (15)
2020#809 (287)#1,273 (20)#711 (3)——#1,223 (17)
2019#748 (319)#1,369 (18)——#764 (3)#941 (24)
2018#751 (314)#1,158 (23)#704 (3)——#835 (28)
2017#742 (321)#1,247 (21)———#937 (24)
2016#692 (357)#1,050 (27)#592 (4)——#1,423 (13)
2015#736 (331)#1,159 (23)———#1,458 (12)
2014#676 (376)#866 (34)#490 (6)——#1,250 (15)
2013#634 (389)#931 (31)#590 (4)——#1,028 (20)
2012#625 (388)#962 (30)#434 (7)—#616 (4)#1,655 (10)
2011#678 (347)#878 (33)#648 (3)#375 (3)—#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #78.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1898.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,900 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 6,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jon is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 7,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jon by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #937TXFlorida: #912FL
Jon (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#1,2178

Jon (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
JonCanadaBoys#1,80411
JonEngland & WalesBoys#1,79814
JonIrelandBoys—too few
JonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JonScotlandBoys—too few
JonUSGirls—too few
JonUSBoys#951246