Bjorn

What Bjorn means

Swedish, from Old Norse Bjǫrn, meaning “bear”

From Old Norse Bjǫrn, from bjǫrn (“bear”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish.

Source: Wiktionary, “Björn” (revision 91448833), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Bjorn?

US: Rising: up from #1599 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1511 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 331 boys got the name (#766 that year). First in the US records in 1925.

How common

• About 1 in 5,732 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,885 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.86 per 1,000 boys), MN (0.94 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.81 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bjorn is #829 in the US and #556 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Bjorn were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Bjorn

Boys

• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025

For a sister

• Kehlani#148Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Rose#114Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1917, with 9,783 babies; 2,386 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bjorn’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.