Schon — boys' name
117 babies named Schon in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Schon was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Schon in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Schon
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Schon between 1965 and 2004, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Schon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Schon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Schon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Schon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 117 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Schon at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Schon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1965
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
117 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 11 births in a single year.
Schon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 45 births that decade — 38% of Schon's all-time total
Schon decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Schon's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.