Jon

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: Spanish

Meaning

Jon is a masculine given name. It is often short for Jonathan. The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes.

From Wikipedia

Jon first appears in the data in 1898 and has been recorded in 117 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1964 with 4,912 babies (rank #78 that year). In 2024 it was given to 265 boys (rank #891). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jon yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

169,144
Total babies (all years)
117
Years in the data
4,912
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18985#1,219
19095#1,581
19106#1,508
19119#1,235
19128#1,967
191311#1,742
191417#1,524
191531#1,171
191620#1,623
191725#1,416
191830#1,304
191934#1,219
192050#979
192141#1,114
192258#919
192346#1,052
192455#949
192550#964
192655#907
192765#833
192867#801
192953#928
193086#673
193184#653
1932164#441
1933317#300
1934471#244
1935537#223
1936816#168
19371,030#150
19381,408#126
19391,450#121
19401,546#123
19411,545#128
19421,763#125
19431,752#127
19441,812#122
19452,043#112
19462,168#117
19472,307#123
19482,214#128
19491,884#144
19501,945#138
19511,961#138
19522,151#135
19532,714#120
19543,161#111
19553,056#115
19563,078#116
19573,467#110
19583,441#117
19593,975#105
19604,403#97
19614,608#93
19624,782#84
19634,751#84
19644,912#78
19654,599#78
19664,240#76
19674,161#71
19684,209#65
19694,214#68
19704,370#68
19713,717#78
19723,221#89
19732,799#94
19742,750#94
19752,516#102
19762,324#111
19772,288#117
19782,410#108
19792,298#118
19802,177#127
19812,058#132
19822,019#141
19831,824#148
19841,848#147
19851,800#151
19861,506#177
19871,515#181
19881,450#189
19891,509#192
19901,424#216
19911,305#227
19921,196#240
19931,131#254
19941,033#271
19951,011#276
1996838#315
1997829#319
1998827#329
1999770#346
2000752#354
2001729#366
2002723#365
2003692#375
2004635#409
2005619#430
2006595#454
2007538#492
2008512#526
2009446#587
2010440#576
2011347#679
2012388#624
2013388#638
2014376#677
2015331#736
2016357#692
2017321#743
2018313#758
2019318#751
2020286#813
2021281#846
2022260#898
2023254#912
2024265#891