How Many People Are Named Bon?
An estimated 227 people in the United States have the first name Bon. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Bon peaked in popularity in 1988 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bon as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bon paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
227
About 1 in 1,509,931 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1988
17 births
Total Registered
269
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bon
Bon is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 269 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Bon as a male name
Ranked #10,929 in 2016
6 male births in 2016
Peak: 1988 (17 births)
Bon: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bon span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 85 babies were registered. Bon has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Bon by Decade
How has Bon tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bon + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bon as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bon
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bon: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bon?
We estimate approximately 227 people named Bon are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,509,931 Americans share this first name.
Is Bon a common name?
Bon is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 269 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bon most popular?
Bon reached peak popularity in 1988, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bon is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bon a male name?
Bon is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bon Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bon Smith, Bon Johnson, Bon Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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