Boys' name · since 1926
Bon
Bon has 274 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,146 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,197 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1926
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bon currently ranks #12197 among boys' names in America, with 274 babies recorded since 1926.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bon has been recorded 274 times among boys since 1926, currently ranked #12197 nationally and more common than 12% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2025.
- #11,146 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,197 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1926
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bon ranks #11,146 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,197 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 274 born since 1926, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,146 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,197 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1926
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bon's 274 recorded births place it above 75.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bon compares
274 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bon's all-time total is 26% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bon's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Bon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (85 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Bon's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Bon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 13
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 25
1930s
25 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
81 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 85 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Bon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~99 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1926–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.