The name Jon is a variation of John.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jon has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jon
Use of the Name Jon for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
159,765
122,047
31,524
7,766
3,498
1,308
622
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jon has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jon first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1920, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jon
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1920
976
50
1921
1922
909
59
1923
1924
950
55
1925
976
49
1926
896
56
1927
832
65
1928
801
67
1929
920
54
1930
670
87
1931
650
84
1932
440
164
1933
298
317
1934
244
472
1935
223
537
1936
170
814
1937
150
1,030
1938
126
1,407
1939
121
1,451
1940
123
1,544
1941
128
1,544
1942
125
1,766
1943
127
1,743
1944
121
1,811
1945
112
2,042
1946
117
2,156
1947
123
2,306
1948
129
2,203
1949
144
1,879
1950
138
1,940
1951
137
1,961
1952
135
2,150
1953
121
2,706
1954
111
3,149
1955
114
3,057
1956
116
3,070
1957
109
3,471
1958
117
3,427
1959
105
3,976
1960
97
4,395
1961
92
4,600
1962
84
4,785
1963
84
4,752
1964
79
4,908
1965
78
4,600
1966
77
4,235
1967
71
4,157
1968
65
4,209
1969
67
4,216
1970
68
4,368
1971
78
3,706
1972
89
3,223
1973
94
2,799
1974
93
2,748
1975
102
2,517
1976
111
2,317
1977
116
2,286
1978
108
2,408
1979
118
2,293
1980
127
2,176
1981
133
2,054
1982
140
2,017
1983
147
1,820
1984
146
1,844
1985
151
1,795
1986
177
1,503
1987
181
1,513
1988
189
1,446
1989
192
1,510
1990
216
1,419
1991
227
1,303
1992
240
1,197
1993
254
1,129
1994
271
1,032
1995
275
1,010
1996
315
836
1997
318
829
1998
329
827
1999
346
766
2000
354
753
2001
366
724
2002
368
713
2003
378
686
2004
413
622
Totals:
159,765
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jon as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jon appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 83 times during the last 125 years.