Boone
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOON
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #423 for boys
Boone is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 423rd for boys in the US (762 babies).
What does Boone mean?
French: English surname of Norman French origin
Frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820) blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.
Is Boone a girl's or a boy's name?
Boone is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 762 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boone in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 762about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 762 boys in the US were named Boone, making it the 423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 581st. It first appears in the records in 1889.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Boone of any year since it first appeared, in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Boone in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boone in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 762 | #423 |
| 2024 | 558 | #534 |
| 2023 | 475 | #596 |
| 2022 | 468 | #602 |
| 2021 | 488 | #573 |
| 2020 | 478 | #581 |
| 2019 | 402 | #657 |
| 2018 | 379 | #666 |
| 2017 | 337 | #718 |
| 2016 | 298 | #794 |
| 2015 | 222 | #944 |
| 2014 | 195 | #1,035 |
| 2013 | 158 | #1,144 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,328 |
| 2011 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2010 | 88 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 88 | #1,741 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
Names like Boone
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Boone: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boone, updated 20 October 2026.