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Bond

#7,745 in 2025Boys' name

Peasant, farmer

Bond has been given to 281 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #7,745 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Bond, 2025

1 in 332,000

Bond over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bond: meaning, origin, and history

Peasant, farmer

Old Norse

What Bond means

Bond means “peasant, farmer”, associated with bóndi.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As an English occupational surname, from the noun bond, bondman, reinforced by Old Norse bóndi (“peasant, farmer”). Also as a variant of Band. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Bonde. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Bondarenko. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Bont, from bont (“speckled, motley”), compare Bonte.

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Origin, language, and formation

Bond is used in English. Its origins include Old Norse.

Bond comes through Old Norse bóndi.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Band, Bonde, Bondarenko and Bont.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 275 boys were recorded with the name Bond between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #3,246 in 1920.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,164 in 2020 to #7,745 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,315 in 2015 to #7,745 in 2025.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Bond between 1984 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1984; its best national rank was #9,254 in 1984.

How common is Bond?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,745
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bond 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bond. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bonds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bond was born before 2004 — so the typical Bond is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
21.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
238
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Choose a decade

2020s — 21.5% of all recorded uses (59).

Is Bond 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
+100
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+419
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,570
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
76.9%
Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,246
1920

Spellings of Bond

Bond is not the most common spelling — Todd is, with 21.2% against Bond's 0.02%.

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.

Where Bond is used

Across 1910–2025, Bond was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bond has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bond around the world

Where Bond 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.

  • South Australia
    1993–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bond by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,745
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 419
Best rank ever
#3,246
1920
Peak year
2023
13 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
275
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,254
1984
Peak year
1984
6 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
6
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bond

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

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Sibling names for Bond

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

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