Boys' name · since 1913
Fon
Fon has 29 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,070 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Fon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 29 recorded since 1913.
Fon has 29 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1931.
- #26,070 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fon ranks #26,070 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,070 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Fon's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fon's full recorded timeline at 1921, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1916 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1931
- Peak year (1916)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Fon by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (13 births, 45% of the file).
1910s was Fon's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Fon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 13 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Fon's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1913–1931 (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 Fon 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.