Jon
Boy · JON · Hebrew
Jon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 951st for boys in the US (246 babies).
What does Jon mean?
Hebrew: short form of John or Jonathan
“God is gracious”
- Say it
- JON
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Is Jon a girl's or a boy's name?
Jon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 246 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Jon, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 151 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 395 boys in the UK were given Jon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #163, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- John 381
- Jon 14
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Jon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 40 | #850 |
| 2013 | 35 | #919 |
| 2012 | 37 | #905 |
| 2011 | 39 | #849 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 47 | #718 |
| 2008 | 42 | #766 |
| 2007 | 75 | #501 |
| 2006 | 72 | #488 |
| 2005 | 75 | #433 |
| 2004 | 83 | #381 |
| 2003 | 99 | #317 |
| 2002 | 85 | #344 |
| 2001 | 102 | #305 |
| 2000 | 96 | #322 |
| 1999 | 112 | #285 |
| 1998 | 104 | #288 |
| 1997 | 146 | #240 |
| 1996 | 151 | #228 |
How popular is Jon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #951among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 246about 1 in 6,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 246 boys in the US were named Jon, making it the 951st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 809th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 4,911 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had fewer boys named Jon than any year since 1932.
Half of all the boys named Jon in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,328 boys in the US were given Jon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #951 for this spelling alone.
Jon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #951 |
| 2024 | 265 | #891 |
| 2023 | 254 | #911 |
| 2022 | 260 | #897 |
| 2021 | 282 | #842 |
| 2020 | 287 | #809 |
| 2019 | 319 | #748 |
| 2018 | 314 | #751 |
| 2017 | 321 | #742 |
| 2016 | 357 | #692 |
| 2015 | 331 | #736 |
| 2014 | 376 | #676 |
| 2013 | 389 | #634 |
| 2012 | 388 | #625 |
| 2011 | 347 | #678 |
| 2010 | 440 | #576 |
| 2009 | 446 | #586 |
| 2008 | 512 | #526 |
| 2007 | 538 | #492 |
| 2006 | 595 | #454 |
| 2005 | 619 | #430 |
| 2004 | 635 | #409 |
| 2003 | 692 | #375 |
| 2002 | 723 | #365 |
| 2001 | 729 | #365 |
| 2000 | 752 | #354 |
| 1999 | 770 | #345 |
| 1998 | 827 | #328 |
| 1997 | 829 | #319 |
| 1996 | 838 | #315 |
| 1995 | 1,011 | #275 |
| 1994 | 1,033 | #271 |
| 1993 | 1,131 | #254 |
| 1992 | 1,196 | #240 |
| 1991 | 1,305 | #227 |
| 1990 | 1,424 | #216 |
| 1989 | 1,509 | #192 |
| 1988 | 1,450 | #189 |
| 1987 | 1,515 | #181 |
| 1986 | 1,506 | #177 |
| 1985 | 1,800 | #151 |
| 1984 | 1,848 | #147 |
| 1983 | 1,824 | #147 |
| 1982 | 2,019 | #141 |
| 1981 | 2,056 | #132 |
| 1980 | 2,177 | #127 |
| 1979 | 2,297 | #118 |
| 1978 | 2,410 | #108 |
| 1977 | 2,288 | #117 |
| 1976 | 2,323 | #111 |
| 1975 | 2,515 | #102 |
| 1974 | 2,750 | #94 |
| 1973 | 2,798 | #94 |
| 1972 | 3,221 | #89 |
| 1971 | 3,717 | #78 |
| 1970 | 4,371 | #68 |
| 1969 | 4,213 | #68 |
| 1968 | 4,209 | #65 |
| 1967 | 4,160 | #71 |
| 1966 | 4,239 | #76 |
| 1965 | 4,601 | #78 |
| 1964 | 4,911 | #79 |
| 1963 | 4,750 | #84 |
| 1962 | 4,785 | #84 |
| 1961 | 4,608 | #93 |
| 1960 | 4,403 | #97 |
| 1959 | 3,976 | #105 |
| 1958 | 3,441 | #117 |
| 1957 | 3,467 | #110 |
| 1956 | 3,078 | #116 |
| 1955 | 3,056 | #115 |
| 1954 | 3,161 | #111 |
| 1953 | 2,714 | #120 |
| 1952 | 2,151 | #135 |
| 1951 | 1,961 | #138 |
| 1950 | 1,945 | #138 |
| 1949 | 1,884 | #144 |
| 1948 | 2,214 | #128 |
| 1947 | 2,307 | #123 |
| 1946 | 2,168 | #117 |
| 1945 | 2,043 | #112 |
| 1944 | 1,812 | #122 |
| 1943 | 1,752 | #127 |
| 1942 | 1,763 | #125 |
| 1941 | 1,545 | #128 |
| 1940 | 1,545 | #123 |
| 1939 | 1,451 | #121 |
| 1938 | 1,408 | #126 |
| 1937 | 1,030 | #150 |
| 1936 | 816 | #168 |
| 1935 | 537 | #223 |
| 1934 | 471 | #243 |
| 1933 | 317 | #300 |
| 1932 | 164 | #440 |
| 1931 | 84 | #650 |
| 1930 | 86 | #672 |
| 1929 | 53 | #923 |
| 1928 | 67 | #796 |
| 1927 | 65 | #825 |
| 1926 | 55 | #902 |
| 1925 | 50 | #956 |
| 1924 | 55 | #944 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1922 | 58 | #914 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,101 |
| 1920 | 50 | #975 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,207 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
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