Jon is a familiar variant of John that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Jon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #951 for boy births in the United States (and #1,944 across all names), given to 246 babies. Jon first appears in 1898 and peaked in 1964 (4,911 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | 246 | — | #951 |
| 2024 | 265 | 265 | — | #893 |
| 2023 | 254 | 254 | — | #912 |
| 2022 | 260 | 260 | — | #898 |
| 2021 | 282 | 282 | — | #843 |
| 2020 | 287 | 287 | — | #810 |
| 2019 | 319 | 319 | — | #750 |
| 2018 | 314 | 314 | — | #754 |
| 2017 | 321 | 321 | — | #743 |
| 2016 | 357 | 357 | — | #692 |
| 2015 | 331 | 331 | — | #737 |
| 2014 | 376 | 376 | — | #677 |
| 2013 | 389 | 389 | — | #635 |
| 2012 | 388 | 388 | — | #625 |
| 2011 | 347 | 347 | — | #679 |
| 2010 | 440 | 440 | — | #576 |
| 2009 | 451 | 451 | #18,614 | #587 |
| 2008 | 512 | 512 | — | #526 |
| 2007 | 538 | 544 | — | #492 |
| 2006 | 595 | 595 | — | #454 |
| 2005 | 619 | 625 | — | #430 |
| 2004 | 635 | 641 | — | #409 |
| 2003 | 692 | 700 | — | #375 |
| 2002 | 723 | 734 | — | #365 |
| 2001 | 736 | 743 | #12,666 | #366 |
| 2000 | 764 | 771 | #8,259 | #354 |
| 1999 | 770 | 782 | — | #346 |
| 1998 | 833 | 846 | #13,169 | #329 |
| 1997 | 840 | — | #8,011 | #319 |
| 1996 | 838 | — | — | #315 |
| 1995 | 1,018 | — | #11,035 | #276 |
| 1994 | 1,033 | — | — | #271 |
| 1993 | 1,131 | — | — | #254 |
| 1992 | 1,201 | — | #14,241 | #241 |
| 1991 | 1,305 | — | — | #227 |
| 1990 | 1,434 | — | #8,151 | #216 |
| 1989 | 1,515 | — | #11,451 | #192 |
| 1988 | 1,462 | — | #6,442 | #189 |
| 1987 | 1,525 | — | #7,010 | #181 |
| 1986 | 1,522 | — | #4,825 | #177 |
| 1985 | 1,817 | — | #4,534 | #151 |
| 1984 | 1,868 | — | #3,913 | #147 |
| 1983 | 1,845 | — | #3,735 | #148 |
| 1982 | 2,038 | — | #4,083 | #141 |
| 1981 | 2,077 | — | #3,787 | #132 |
| 1980 | 2,189 | — | #5,679 | #127 |
| 1979 | 2,314 | — | #4,306 | #118 |
| 1978 | 2,435 | — | #3,145 | #108 |
| 1977 | 2,304 | — | #4,306 | #117 |
| 1976 | 2,343 | — | #3,447 | #111 |
| 1975 | 2,538 | — | #3,091 | #102 |
| 1974 | 2,771 | — | #3,248 | #94 |
| 1973 | 2,816 | — | #3,538 | #94 |
| 1972 | 3,245 | — | #2,848 | #89 |
| 1971 | 3,735 | — | #3,566 | #78 |
| 1970 | 4,394 | — | #2,975 | #68 |
| 1969 | 4,244 | — | #2,318 | #68 |
| 1968 | 4,236 | — | #2,383 | #65 |
| 1967 | 4,194 | — | #2,021 | #71 |
| 1966 | 4,273 | — | #1,994 | #76 |
| 1965 | 4,633 | — | #2,084 | #78 |
| 1964 | 4,941 | — | #2,218 | #79 |
| 1963 | 4,776 | — | #2,389 | #84 |
| 1962 | 4,807 | — | #2,630 | #84 |
| 1961 | 4,634 | — | #2,385 | #93 |
| 1960 | 4,429 | — | #2,331 | #97 |
| 1959 | 4,003 | — | #2,212 | #105 |
| 1958 | 3,478 | — | #1,801 | #117 |
| 1957 | 3,479 | — | #3,565 | #110 |
| 1956 | 3,097 | — | #2,666 | #116 |
| 1955 | 3,076 | — | #2,505 | #115 |
| 1954 | 3,183 | — | #2,335 | #111 |
| 1953 | 2,732 | — | #2,556 | #120 |
| 1952 | 2,172 | — | #2,295 | #135 |
| 1951 | 1,971 | — | #3,601 | #138 |
| 1950 | 1,963 | — | #2,388 | #138 |
| 1949 | 1,899 | — | #2,673 | #144 |
| 1948 | 2,239 | — | #1,914 | #128 |
| 1947 | 2,334 | — | #1,881 | #123 |
| 1946 | 2,198 | — | #1,636 | #117 |
| 1945 | 2,063 | — | #1,910 | #112 |
| 1944 | 1,846 | — | #1,392 | #122 |
| 1943 | 1,774 | — | #1,862 | #127 |
| 1942 | 1,791 | — | #1,576 | #125 |
| 1941 | 1,569 | — | #1,629 | #128 |
| 1940 | 1,558 | — | #2,358 | #123 |
| 1939 | 1,467 | — | #2,076 | #121 |
| 1938 | 1,420 | — | #2,507 | #126 |
| 1937 | 1,037 | — | #3,614 | #150 |
| 1936 | 824 | — | #3,247 | #168 |
| 1935 | 546 | — | #3,040 | #223 |
| 1934 | 476 | — | #4,617 | #244 |
| 1933 | 327 | — | #2,774 | #300 |
| 1932 | 164 | — | — | #441 |
| 1931 | 84 | — | — | #653 |
| 1930 | 93 | — | #3,849 | #673 |
| 1929 | 53 | — | — | #928 |
| 1928 | 67 | — | — | #801 |
| 1927 | 65 | — | — | #833 |
| 1926 | 61 | — | #4,566 | #907 |
| 1925 | 61 | — | #3,036 | #964 |
| 1924 | 61 | — | #4,748 | #949 |
| 1923 | 46 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1922 | 58 | — | — | #919 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1920 | 50 | — | — | #979 |
| 1919 | 34 | — | — | #1,219 |
| 1918 | 30 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | — | #1,416 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | — | #1,623 |
| 1915 | 31 | — | — | #1,171 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | — | #1,524 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | — | #1,742 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | — | #1,967 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,235 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | — | #1,508 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,581 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,219 |