Bon

boys:

269 births since 1926

#4317 (6th percentile)

overall:

269 births since 1926

#7470 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Bon is the #7,470 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 269 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 3.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,317 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 269 births since 1926.

Bon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (first recorded for boys in 1926). Birth data for Bon is available in 35 out of the 91 years between 1926 and 2016. 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, Bon reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #714) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.

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

1926 2016 19262016

Key Statistics

Total Births
269
Peak Births
17
Peak Year
1988
First Recorded
1926
Peak Percentile
1.7%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#714
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Bon

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Bon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 73.9% confident that Bon is pronounced as bahn, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bohn, at 15.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.

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73.9%
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15.2%
1
10.9%
bahn (1 syllable)
Verified
73.9% confidence
B AA1 N
bohn (1 syllable)
15.2% confidence
B OW1 N
bawn (1 syllable)
10.9% confidence
B AO1 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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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.

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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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