Fun Facts About the Name Boone
- More than 6 thousand babies named Boone: U.S. records list 6,887 babies given the name Boone from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Boone - about 1 girl for every 1,376 boys.
What Does the Name Boone Mean?
Boone is an English surname, and as a given name it is used chiefly in the United States. The most common explanation traces it to the Old French word bon, meaning "good," used as a nickname - le Bon, roughly "the good one" - and carried to England by the Normans.
A second explanation treats Boone as a habitational name from Bohon, a place in the Manche region of Normandy, after which a Norman family was named. These two accounts are not entirely separable, since the family name Bohon itself comes from that place, and its members appear in English records as de Bohon. The Old French element for "good" is the part most often cited for the spelling Boone; the place-name origin is plausible but less clearly tied to this exact form. The Dutch and Flemish surname Boon, meaning "bean," is a different name and should not be treated as the same origin.
Boone Name History & Origins
Boone entered English use as a surname in the centuries after the Norman Conquest, when Old French personal names and nicknames were adopted by English families. Medieval records show forms such as le Bon and de Bohon, and the surname spread across various English counties. Over the later Middle Ages and the early modern period the spelling settled into Boone, and bearers of the surname appear in colonial America.
The best-known holder of the surname is Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820), the American frontiersman and explorer of Kentucky. Because of that association, Boone is now also used as a masculine given name, mainly in the United States, where surnames are commonly taken as first names. This use as a given name is a modern development rather than an inherited medieval first name.
How Popular is the Name Boone?
Boone recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #423 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #15,647 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #423 | 762 | 0.0446% |
| 2024 | #534 | 556 | 0.0324% |
| 2023 | #595 | 475 | 0.0278% |
| 2022 | #603 | 467 | 0.0268% |
| 2021 | #572 | 488 | 0.0279% |
| 2020 | #581 | 478 | 0.0277% |
| 2019 | #657 | 402 | 0.0224% |
| 2018 | #666 | 379 | 0.0209% |
| 2017 | #718 | 336 | 0.0182% |
| 2016 | #795 | 297 | 0.0157% |
| 2015 | #944 | 222 | 0.0116% |
| 2014 | #1,035 | 195 | 0.0102% |
| 2013 | #1,145 | 158 | 0.0084% |
| 2012 | #1,328 | 128 | 0.0067% |
| 2011 | #1,636 | 93 | 0.0049% |
| 2010 | #1,727 | 88 | 0.0046% |
| 2009 | #1,742 | 88 | 0.0044% |
| 2008 | #2,007 | 70 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #2,188 | 61 | 0.0029% |
| 2006 | #2,408 | 51 | 0.0025% |
| 2005 | #2,240 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 2004 | #3,166 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #2,677 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #2,638 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #2,623 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2000 | #2,745 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1999 | #3,189 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #2,560 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1997 | #2,830 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #2,334 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1995 | #2,629 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1994 | #2,086 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #2,877 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #2,091 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1991 | #3,000 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #2,875 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #3,215 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #2,376 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #2,278 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1986 | #2,101 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #1,729 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 1984 | #1,635 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1983 | #3,252 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #3,309 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,794 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1980 | #2,737 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1979 | #2,589 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #4,193 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #3,059 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #2,517 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #3,460 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1974 | #2,969 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #3,036 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #4,007 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,282 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #3,631 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #3,721 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #4,104 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1961 | #4,130 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #3,884 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1950 | #2,600 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #3,180 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #2,904 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #2,473 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #3,580 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #2,889 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #3,038 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #2,872 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #4,059 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,600 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #2,282 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1927 | #2,543 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1926 | #3,754 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,787 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #3,296 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #2,970 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1922 | #3,909 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #3,006 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1920 | #2,148 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1919 | #2,397 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1918 | #2,413 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1916 | #2,956 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1915 | #3,448 | 6 | 0.0007% |
| 1913 | #2,110 | 8 | 0.0016% |
| 1912 | #1,762 | 9 | 0.0021% |
| 1903 | #1,149 | 5 | 0.0042% |
| 1889 | #989 | 5 | 0.0045% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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