Bohannon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- boh-HAN-un
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Bohannon is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Bohannon mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from Ó Buadhacháin
“victorious”
An Irish surname, Ó Buadhacháin, built on buadhach, 'victorious'.
Is Bohannon a girl's or a boy's name?
Bohannon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bohannon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Bohannon, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
2025 had fewer boys named Bohannon than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Bohannon in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bohannon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Bohannon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Finnegan Brayden Finn Callan Declan Callahan Ronan Deacon Aiden Killian Brecken
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin
Sources
Figures from 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, “Bohannon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bohannon, updated 20 October 2026.