Jon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jon: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #19 in 1982, and it stood at #124 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
135times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#19highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
26names it appears alongside

What stands out in Jon's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 59 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#239
1997	#254
1998	#304
1999	#306
2000	#329
2001	#309
2002	#338
2003	#340
2004	#431
2005	#461
2006	#485
2007	#492
2008	#789
2009	#696
2010	#996
2011	#878
2012	#962
2013	#931
2014	#866
2015	#1159
2016	#1050
2017	#1247
2018	#1158
2019	#1369
2020	#1273
2021	#1688
2022	#2320
2023	#1407
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #108 among boys in Norway, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #34 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #19 among boys in Norway, in 1982 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #124 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Jon appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 15,564 births with the name.

Jon across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#34 (1945)	#19 (1982)	#124 (2025)	81 of 81	15,564 (1945–2025)	369 (1968)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#236 (1975)	#236 (1975)	#764 (2019)	19 of 45	69 (1975–2019)	7 (1975)
England and Wales · Boys	#239 (1996)	#239 (1996)	#1758 (2024)	29 of 29	1,409 (1996–2024)	124 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#210 (1997)	#210 (1997)	#375 (2011)	6 of 15	24 (1997–2011)	6 (1997)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Norway · Boys the name reached its highest position, #19, in 1982, when 276 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1968 — 369 — in a year it ranked #26.

Jon by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jon in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	1,297	5 of 10	259
1950s	2,674	10 of 10	267
1960sbusiest	3,337	10 of 10	334
1970s	2,698	10 of 10	270
1980s	2,386	10 of 10	239
1990s	1,622	10 of 10	162
2000s	810	10 of 10	81
2010s	485	10 of 10	49
2020s	255	6 of 10	43

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 334 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in Norway in 1982.

Jon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1050	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1159	23	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#962	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#789	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#492	66	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#485	63	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#461	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#431	64	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#340	80	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#338	75	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#309	88	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#329	78	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#306	88	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#304	85	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#254	115	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#239	124	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#124	47	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#108	57	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#133	44	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#132	41	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#151	34	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#148	32	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#144	41	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#159	38	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#163	36	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#133	51	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#132	51	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#135	51	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#139	49	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#137	52	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#122	63	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#136	53	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#110	77	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#118	66	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#120	65	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#119	65	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#101	78	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#101	77	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#76	98	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#83	87	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#74	91	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#72	106	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#70	111	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#59	131	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#51	158	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#49	158	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#47	169	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#46	171	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#50	160	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#49	179	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#49	180	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#38	205	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#34	232	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#38	194	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#35	208	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#36	209	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#25	234	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#27	225	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#25	253	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#19	276	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#20	289	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#28	266	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#32	225	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#25	261	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#28	229	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#27	247	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#29	262	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#35	266	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#32	279	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#28	321	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#34	285	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#29	323	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#24	362	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#26	369	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#26	345	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#25	364	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#26	334	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#22	353	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#24	325	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#25	298	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#24	290	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#25	297	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#32	263	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#29	283	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#30	289	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#31	280	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#34	247	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#30	287	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#32	268	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#30	260	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#31	259	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#34	238	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#36	230	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#30	281	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#34	242	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#30	301	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#34	243	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #19, first reached in 1982.

It held a top-100 place in 59 years, 59 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 369 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1975, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jolyon · #950, 26y
Jomar · #237, 34y
Jona · #2964, 19y
Jonah · #23, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

May · #24, 81y
Ivar · #28, 81y
Kristian · #9, 81y
Edel · #31, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Dag · #19, 75y
Gustav · #19, 81y
Hedvig · #19, 76y
Janet · #19, 76y

Comparisons involving Jon

Existing comparison pages where Jon and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Jon in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Stein vs Jon
In 1945 they stood at #42 and #34 in Norway · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2015 they were #503 and #132.
Stein · Jon · 71 shared years, 1945–2015 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2015 Norway ranking
Jon vs Arild
In 1945 they stood at #34 and #32 in Norway · Boys, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #124 and #489.
Jon · Arild · 75 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Aksel vs Jon
Aksel and Jon were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #25 and #124.
Aksel · Jon · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Jon measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Jon at its highest position.

Anders vs Jon
Anders and Jon were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #293 and #124.
Anders · Jon · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Andreas vs Jon
Andreas and Jon were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #96 and #124.
Andreas · Jon · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Arne vs Jon
Arne and Jon were both ranked in Norway · Boys for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #222 and #124.
Arne · Jon · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Jon was ranked #19 in Norway · Boys in 1982. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jon without appearing here.

Jon moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #2546.
Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #2325.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #2160.
Brett Compare
In 2008 they stood at #789 and #775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #696 and #972.

Moved ahead of Jon

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2320 and #967.
Colin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1407 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1000.
Conan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1273 and #1379 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1688 and #1023.
Marius Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1158 and #1194 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1369 and #731.

Moved the opposite way to Jon

Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 while David went from #167 to #88.
Emil Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 while Emil went from #271 to #2.
Even Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 while Even went from #180 to #42.

Moved the same way as Jon

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Jon went from #34 to #124 and Dag from #48 to #426.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in Norway in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jon

Jon at a glance

What stands out in Jon's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jon across 4 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Jon by decade in Norway · Boys

Jon appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Jon

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Jon

Jon and the names beside it

Jon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jon

Moved the opposite way to Jon

Moved the same way as Jon

Jon at a glance

What stands out in Jon's record

Jon across 4 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Jon by decade in Norway · Boys

Jon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Jon

Longest shared records

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Jon

Jon and the names beside it

Jon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jon

Moved the opposite way to Jon

Moved the same way as Jon