Meaning not yet researched.
Von: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 68 in 2025. Its best rank was #692 in 1958.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #692 in 1958; #2,142 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Von in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,142 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1958, at #692.
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Von: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 68 boys in 2025. Peak: #692 in 1958 · most boys in one year: 118 (1958).
In 2025, 68 US boys were named Von, making it the 2,142nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 134 places from #2,008 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 77 boys named Von in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #692, reached in 1958. That year also had the most boys given the name: 118. For comparison, it was #2,681 in 2015 and #834 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Von in 119 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1898 with 7 babies. In all, 6,011 US babies have been given the name, 7.6% of them girls and 92% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 973 babies named Von.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 675 US boys were named Von; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 84. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,119 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Von ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #700 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Vonn, Vonne and Vohn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Vonn (330), Vonne (89), Vohn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Von in the open dataset we use.
Von is listed as a nickname for Lavonne, Levone.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 5 | #700 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,467 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,979 | #2,029 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,546 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 68 | #2,142 |
| 2024 | — | — | 77 | #2,008 |
| 2023 | — | — | 84 | #1,893 |
| 2022 | — | — | 67 | #2,188 |
| 2021 | — | — | 74 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | — | — | 62 | #2,233 |
| 2019 | — | — | 54 | #2,485 |
| 2018 | — | — | 47 | #2,668 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,793 | 80 | #1,858 |
| 2016 | — | — | 62 | #2,204 |
| 2015 | — | — | 46 | #2,681 |
| 2014 | — | — | 54 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | — | — | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2012 | — | — | 44 | #2,767 |
| 2011 | — | — | 38 | #3,042 |
| 2010 | — | — | 33 | #3,374 |
| 2009 | — | — | 50 | #2,555 |
| 2008 | — | — | 47 | #2,678 |
| 2007 | — | — | 45 | #2,718 |
| 2006 | — | — | 34 | #3,216 |
| 2005 | — | — | 32 | #3,238 |
| 2004 | — | — | 36 | #2,881 |
| 2003 | — | — | 25 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | — | — | 31 | #3,015 |
| 2001 | — | — | 23 | #3,717 |
| 2000 | — | — | 20 | #4,059 |
| 1999 | — | — | 27 | #3,100 |
| 1998 | — | — | 23 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | — | — | 24 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | — | — | 19 | #3,671 |
| 1995 | — | — | 19 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 6 | #13,380 | 27 | #2,763 |
| 1993 | — | — | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1992 | — | — | 31 | #2,406 |
| 1991 | 5 | #15,392 | 35 | #2,141 |
| 1990 | — | — | 47 | #1,727 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,325 | 36 | #2,026 |
| 1988 | — | — | 37 | #1,846 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,761 | 41 | #1,680 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,599 | 36 | #1,757 |
| 1985 | — | — | 34 | #1,791 |
| 1984 | — | — | 34 | #1,721 |
| 1983 | — | — | 31 | #1,819 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | — | — | 36 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,783 | 42 | #1,494 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,925 | 26 | #2,045 |
| 1978 | — | — | 37 | #1,568 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,549 | 44 | #1,389 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,873 | 31 | #1,709 |
| 1975 | — | — | 44 | #1,321 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,888 | 43 | #1,309 |
| 1973 | — | — | 42 | #1,291 |
| 1972 | — | — | 42 | #1,306 |
| 1971 | — | — | 70 | #978 |
| 1970 | 7 | #7,056 | 55 | #1,116 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,604 | 71 | #910 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,770 | 97 | #755 |
| 1967 | 7 | #6,029 | 74 | #835 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,855 | 90 | #772 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,822 | 91 | #776 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,790 | 80 | #853 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,880 | 95 | #784 |
| 1962 | — | — | 107 | #743 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,536 | 87 | #824 |
| 1960 | 8 | #5,160 | 109 | #741 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,251 | 111 | #729 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,968 | 118 | #692 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,692 | 103 | #743 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,309 | 63 | #945 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,567 | 80 | #824 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,152 | 84 | #787 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,584 | 61 | #924 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,114 | 78 | #800 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,931 | 74 | #822 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,901 | 67 | #834 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,221 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,342 | 68 | #831 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,750 | 57 | #937 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,656 | 49 | #965 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,538 | 39 | #1,035 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,221 | 33 | #1,171 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,675 | 33 | #1,211 |
| 1942 | — | — | 43 | #1,035 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,400 | 39 | #1,049 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,495 | 47 | #938 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,916 | 43 | #974 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,964 | 41 | #1,006 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,933 | 52 | #856 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,692 | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,865 | 53 | #870 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,732 | 64 | #776 |
| 1933 | — | — | 54 | #850 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,554 | 45 | #991 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,941 | 50 | #920 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,648 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1929 | — | — | 32 | #1,270 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,403 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,778 | 53 | #963 |
| 1926 | — | — | 34 | #1,263 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,951 | 23 | #1,627 |
| 1924 | — | — | 32 | #1,326 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,710 | 21 | #1,749 |
| 1922 | 8 | #4,000 | 30 | #1,365 |
| 1921 | — | — | 32 | #1,327 |
| 1920 | — | — | 35 | #1,233 |
| 1919 | — | — | 24 | #1,529 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,551 | 25 | #1,496 |
| 1917 | — | — | 26 | #1,393 |
| 1916 | 5 | #5,136 | 29 | #1,262 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,933 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1914 | — | — | 17 | #1,540 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,437 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #2,038 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,379 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,582 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,300 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #1,055 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #995 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).