Boys' name · since 1970
Zon
Zon has 15 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,731 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
15 boys have been named Zon since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zon has 15 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1979.
- #31,731 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zon ranks #31,731 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #31,731 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Zon's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zon's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded.
Zon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1979
- Peak year (1970)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Zon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Zon's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Zon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1970–1979 (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 Zon 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.