first name
JON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 161,311 people named Jon, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jon peaked in 1964, when 4,941 babies got the name.
At least 169,391 babies have been given the name since 1898. 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.
Jon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #170. The largest share of babies named Jon, 36.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Jon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jon has been most common in Minnesota (2.4×), Hawaii (2.4×), and North Dakota (2.2×), and least common in South Carolina (0.48×).
165,752 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.
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jon ranks #31,009 of 156,621, with 802 people. See Jon as a last name
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