Bjorn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BYORN
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #601 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #829 for boys
Bjorn is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “bear”. In 2025 it ranked 601st for boys in the UK (70 babies) and 829th for boys in the US (298 babies).
What does Bjorn mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian, written Björn
“bear”
Björn Ironside was a legendary Viking king of Sweden, said to be a son of Ragnar Lothbrok.
Is Bjorn a girl's or a boy's name?
Bjorn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the UK and 298 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bjorn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #601among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were named Bjorn, making it the 601st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 805th.
2025 had the most boys named Bjorn of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Bjorn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 556th in England and Wales.
Bjorn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #601 |
| 2024 | 41 | #856 |
| 2023 | 61 | #650 |
| 2022 | 59 | #667 |
| 2021 | 57 | #697 |
| 2020 | 43 | #805 |
| 2019 | 52 | #717 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 42 | #844 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Bjorn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #829among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 298about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 298 boys in the US were named Bjorn, making it the 829th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 777th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 331 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
2025 had fewer boys named Bjorn than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Bjorn in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bjorn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #829 |
| 2024 | 331 | #766 |
| 2023 | 314 | #795 |
| 2022 | 323 | #782 |
| 2021 | 327 | #765 |
| 2020 | 302 | #777 |
| 2019 | 254 | #868 |
| 2018 | 251 | #870 |
| 2017 | 220 | #947 |
| 2016 | 153 | #1,221 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,599 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,374 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 68 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 48 | #2,191 |
| 2001 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 52 | #1,675 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 58 | #1,428 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,014 |
| 1980 | 88 | #957 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,079 |
| 1977 | 75 | #989 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,320 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
Names like Bjorn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bjorn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bjorn, updated 20 October 2026.