Beorn

#9,833 in 2025Boys' name

Warrior

Beorn has been given to 87 babies in the U.S. since 2015. In 2025 it ranked #9,833 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Beorn, 2025

1 in 474,000

Beorn over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Beorn: meaning, origin, and history

Warrior

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Beorn means

Beorn means “warrior”, associated with beorn.

Origin, language, and formation

Beorn is used in Old English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bjǫrn, Bjørn and Björn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 87 boys were recorded with the name Beorn between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2017; its best national rank was #7,629 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,687 in 2020 to #9,833 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,112 in 2015 to #9,833 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Beorn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,833; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Beorn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Beorn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Beorns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Beorn was born before 2020 — so the typical Beorn is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 55.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 87; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 55.2% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Beorn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +203; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −146; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,721; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.78×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 70.0%; Peak was 2017 (10)
Years since peak: 8; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,629; 2017

Spellings of Beorn

Beorn is not the most common spelling — Leon is, with 50.4% against Beorn's 0.02%.

Leon50.4%182,638
Ben23.6%85,349
Bert9.3%33,585
Deon4.2%15,318
Vern3.2%11,497
Keon2.5%9,123
Berry1.6%5,737
Bjorn1.5%5,255

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Beorn around the world

Where Beorn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2017–2025
#3,684
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Beorn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,833
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 146
Best rank ever: #7,629; 2017
Peak year: 2017; 10 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 87
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Beorn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Beowulf Thorn Aragorn Levorn Hawthorn Leorn Osborn Claborn Dorn Welborn Rayborn Jorn Bjorn Shorn Worn Lavorn Lorn Wilborn Unborn Shaborn Seaborn Laborn Born Claiborn

Sibling names for Beorn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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