Boys' name · since 1972
Won
Won has 102 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,319 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,339 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Won currently ranks #12339 among boys' names in America, with 102 babies recorded since 1972.
Won has 102 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12339 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #17,319 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,339 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 102 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Won ranks #17,319 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,339 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 102 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,319 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,339 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Won's 102 recorded births place it above 61.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Won compares
102 26th 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
Won's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Won | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 102 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Won's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Won's full recorded timeline at 1989, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Won popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Won by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (40 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Won's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Won births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Won's decade-level peak was the 1980s (40 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Won: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Won 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.