Boone
Boone was the 423rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 762 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 521 places. More babies were named Boone in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it BOON /bun/
- Rank in 2025
- #423 boys, up 158 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 762boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025762 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,892babies recorded
What does the name Boone mean?
Boone is a surname used as a first name. In the US its best-known bearer is Daniel Boone (1734 to 1820), the frontiersman and folk hero of the settlement of Kentucky, and Wiktionary lists many American places called Boone. Wiktionary records the surname but gives no origin for it, and we had no access to an edited surname dictionary. Proposals in popular name books (a Norman place name, or Old French bon, good) could not be confirmed, so we do not give a meaning here.
How sure is this? Not documented. Surname origin not documented in the sources we could check; needs a surname dictionary (Reaney & Wilson, DAFN).
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Boone' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., biographical entry 'Boone, Daniel', HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Boone popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 2021.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #423 | 762 |
| 2020 | #581 | 478 |
| 2010 | #1,727 | 88 |
| 2000 | #2,745 | 33 |
| 1990 | #2,875 | 22 |
| 1980 | #2,737 | 17 |
| 1970 | #4,282 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #2,600 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,904 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,059 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Boone, counting every spelling?
Boone is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #422 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #423 for Boone on its own. Together these spellings went to 767 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone | 762 | #423 | 2,751 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Boone?
762 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Boone (0.21 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Boone born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 11 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Boone.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Boone?
About 6,600 people born in the US named Boone are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 12. That makes Boone a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Boone by state
How common Boone was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Montana (6.4×), Nebraska (4.5×), South Dakota (4.0×), Iowa (3.4×), Idaho (3.4×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New York, Maryland, Louisiana.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Boone: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Boone, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Boone · Sibling names for Boone
Questions about the name Boone
How popular is the name Boone?
Boone was the 423rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 762 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 521 places. More babies were named Boone in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Boone a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Boone in the US.
Where is Boone most popular?
In 2021–2025, Boone was most common in Wyoming (2.25 per 1,000 boys), followed by Montana and Nebraska.