Von
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAHN
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #2,125 for boys
Von is a boys' name of Welsh origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,125th for boys in the US (68 babies).
Where does Von come from?
Welsh: probably a variant of Vaughn; von is also German for 'of'
Is Von a girl's or a boy's name?
Von is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Von in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,125th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 68 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 68 boys in the US were named Von, making it the 2,125th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 118 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the boys named Von in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Von in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,125 |
| 2024 | 77 | #1,997 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,475 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 44 | #1,367 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 70 | #976 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,103 |
| 1969 | 71 | #903 |
| 1968 | 97 | #751 |
| 1967 | 74 | #832 |
| 1966 | 90 | #766 |
| 1965 | 91 | #771 |
| 1964 | 80 | #849 |
| 1963 | 95 | #781 |
| 1962 | 107 | #741 |
| 1961 | 87 | #816 |
| 1960 | 109 | #737 |
| 1959 | 111 | #726 |
| 1958 | 118 | #690 |
| 1957 | 103 | #737 |
| 1956 | 63 | #939 |
| 1955 | 80 | #817 |
| 1954 | 84 | #777 |
| 1953 | 61 | #919 |
| 1952 | 78 | #793 |
| 1951 | 74 | #819 |
| 1950 | 67 | #829 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 68 | #823 |
| 1947 | 57 | #922 |
| 1946 | 49 | #952 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,026 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,040 |
| 1940 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 52 | #845 |
| 1936 | 40 | #989 |
| 1935 | 53 | #858 |
| 1934 | 64 | #771 |
| 1933 | 54 | #843 |
| 1932 | 45 | #980 |
| 1931 | 50 | #910 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,215 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 53 | #951 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,242 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,265 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
Names like Von
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dean, Winston, Vaughn, Alan, Royce, Vincent, Calvin, Barron, Damon, Robin, Darwin, Benson
Names related to Von
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Von: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/von, updated 20 October 2026.