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Bon

Masculine

1926high 1988
#12008 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare5 boys in 2025

Bon entered the US charts in 1926, peaked at #2868 in 1938, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Bon?

Bon first appears in US birth records in 1926 — 99 years ago. The typical Bon alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 200 people named Bon are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Bon most popular?

Bon peaked in 1938, reaching #2868 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 9,140 places below that high. See the whole 1938 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1926–2025179017519262025

US babies named Bon per year from 1926 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#28681920s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1926
Most boys named
198817 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2868reached in 1938
Change vs 2016
−16.7%5 in 2025, from 6
Bon sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1988, with 17 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Bons among us

200

people named Bon are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Bon

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Bon

#12008
Bon on the 2025 chart
#918
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Bon went to 5 boys in 2025, but Boon is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 10, which makes it the 918th most-given boys’ name of the year — 11,090 places above the chart.

  • Bon5
  • Boon5

About 1 boy in 170,808 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 341,615 for Bon itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Bristol test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Bon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bristol climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bristol's path sketches the road Bon is walking now.

40%chance Bon will feel dated by 2040
Bon, aligned on its peakBristol· peak 1919not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-10 yrs+70 yrsBristol · #6062Bon today
Bon today is about where Bristol stood in 2006 — 87 years past a #2877-sized peak. By 2021, Bristol had settled around #7543.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Bon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Bon beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Bon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Bonthis name5#12008Garfield5#12008Chas5#12008Lew5#12008Barney5#12008

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Masculine · #12008 in the U.S.

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Frequently asked

How many Bons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Bon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Bon?
Bon is the most-used spelling in US records — 5 of the 10 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Boon.
How popular is the name Bon in 2025?
Bon ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Bon?
About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Bon — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Bon with classmates?
Bon will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Bon

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Garfield#12008 · Chas#12008 · Lew#12008 · Barney#12008 · Dewitt#12008 · Granville#12008 · Cicero#12008 · Willam#12008

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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