Von
Von is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 77 births. Its best rank was 691st, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 770.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1958118 births
- Best rank
- #691in 1958
- Since 1898
- 5,940people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,481 boys have been named Von in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 118 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 16%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 459 girls have also been given it, 7.7% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Von | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 185 | |
| 1920s | 327 | |
| 1930s | 476 | |
| 1940s | 454 | |
| 1950s | 838 | |
| 1960s | 901 | |
| 1970s | 434 | |
| 1980s | 357 | |
| 1990s | 287 | |
| 2000s | 343 | |
| 2010s | 498 | |
| 2020s | 363 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Von was the 691st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Von
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deanpeak 1961
- Darwinpeak 1958
- Nolandpeak 2021
- Darvinpeak 1963
- Lennardpeak 1949
- Darelpeak 1956
- Kenethpeak 1956
- Doranpeak 1954
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.