How rare is the name Bjorn?

3,776 people in the United States have the first name Bjorn, about 1 in 79,987. It ranks #4,787 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BJORN

#4,787

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,776
About
1 in 79,987
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,776 people named Bjorn, 82.6% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bjorn peaked in 2024, when 331 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
331
In 2025*
298 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,255 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bjorn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,628. The largest share of babies named Bjorn, 56.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1940s#12,5745
1950s#9,79428
1960s#5,251145
1970s#3,410397
1980s#3,029598
1990s#4,939403
2000s#5,052550
2010s#3,1101,229
2020s#1,6281,895
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.7%
Generation X 1965–8010.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1215.6%
2013 and later56.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Bjorn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bjorn has been most common in Minnesota (10×), Washington (6.4×), and Colorado (3.6×), and least common in Illinois (0.41×).

3,032 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Bjorn

1 other first name also has 3,776 people.

#4,787 Fatimah · 3,776

Either side of Bjorn

#4,785 Rommel · 3,783#4,786 Shruti · 3,778#4,787 Fatimah · 3,776#4,789 Julieann · 3,775

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bjorn, most common first.

#35,789 Bjoern · 224

Also a last name

As a last name, Bjorn ranks #47,869 of 156,621, with 477 people. See Bjorn as a last name

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