Jon

What Jon means

Variant of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”

variant of John || From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān),

Source: Wiktionary, “Jon” (revision 94540599) and “John” (revision 94540597), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jon?

US: Falling: down from #736 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1159 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1965, when 4,601 boys got the name (#78 that year). First in the US records in 1898.

How common

• About 1 in 6,943 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 19,424 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 MS (1.11 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.46 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jon is #951 in the US and #1798 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 Jon were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• John8,027 US · 296 E&W
• Joan232 US
• Jan47 US · 57 E&W
• June66 US
• Jin56 US
• Jun39 US · 5 E&W
• Joon19 US
• Jaan5 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jon

Boys

• Michael#21“who is like God?”^*
• Adam#101“earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Jeremy#292Form of Jeremiah, meaning “Yahweh exalt”^*
• Matthew#32“gift of the Lord”^*
• Jesse#184Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1981, with 10,443 babies; 2,002 in 2025
• David#35“beloved”^*

For a sister

• Jamie#857Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 12,895 babies; 316 in 2025
• Rebecca#349“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Jessica#665possibly “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe…^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jon’s. Rank is US 2025.