Bjorn

Popularity Trends

The name Bjorn is the #4,021 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,612 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 48.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,779 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 4,612 births since 1925.

Bjorn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (first recorded for boys in 1925). Birth data for Bjorn is available in 71 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Bjorn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 33.0% percentile (ranked #623) with 174 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 174 births per million (ranked 33.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bjorn is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #619 (32.1% percentile) with 167 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bjorn".

1925 2023 19252023

Key Statistics

Total Births

4,612

Peak Births

326

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

1925

Peak Percentile

33.0%

Current Percentile

32.1%

Peak Rank

#623

Current Rank

#619

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Bjorn", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Bjorn.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Bjorn's popularity from 1922 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Bjorn at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Bjorn range from Beau at 97.7% correlation to Winter at 94.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.5%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Beau with 56.6K births (98% boys) and the least popular is Sultan with 2.1K births (100% boys).

Bjorn's share of births peaked at 174 births per million for boys in 2021. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (1% of peak) in 1957. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Bjorn had 167.1 births per million, 96% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Beau

56.6k

97.72% (very strong)

Rosalina

4,981

96.02% (very strong)

Maren

11.9k

95.88% (very strong)

Rhett

32.8k

95.59% (very strong)

Blaire

6,553

95.43% (very strong)

Wynter

9,495

95.41% (very strong)

Sultan

2,082

95.31% (very strong)

Kalani

10.7k

95.29% (very strong)

Waylon

44.9k

95.10% (very strong)

Idris

4,337

94.83% (very strong)

Barrett

30.2k

94.77% (very strong)

Winter

14.9k

94.77% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Bjorn

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Bjorn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Bjorn is pronounced as byorn, which has 1 syllables.

byorn

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byorn (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

B Y AO1 R N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B Y AO1 R N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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