Boon

#12,298 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Boon has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #12,298 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Boon, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Boon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Boon means

Boon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Boon is used in Dutch.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Boon is pronounced /boːn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 20 boys were recorded with the name Boon between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2007; its best national rank was #12,298 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 Boon?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,298; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Boon 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Boon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Boons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Boon was born before 2018 — so the typical Boon is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 20; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Boon 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2007 (5)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,298; 2025

Spellings of Boon

Boon is not the most common spelling — John is, with 81.8% against Boon's <0.01%.

John81.8%5,182,633
Leon2.9%182,638
Jon2.7%168,142
Don2.6%167,632
Bob1.5%92,986
Ben1.3%85,349
Byron1.3%82,238
Zion0.74%46,871

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.

Boon around the world

Where Boon 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
2010–2010
#754
in 2010

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

Boon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,298
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #12,298; 2025
Peak year: 2007; 5 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 20
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Boon

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

Boots Booth Koon Moon Hajoon Boomer Aroon Zaroon Rowoon Yoon Soon Mamoon Jihoon Joon Bookert Branoon Minjoon Prasoon Boone Haroon Booker

Sibling names for Boon

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

Shyann Sydni Abagail Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Halie Jacquelin

For a brother

Aaden Kale Jarod Keven Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Zakary

Explore around Boon

Top names of 2007, Boon's peak year The 2000s in full Other names that peaked in 2025 Boys' names starting with B Short Dutch Boy Names