# Von (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/von/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,011 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,552 / 459 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 7 | 6,029 |
| 1968 | 10 | 4,770 |
| 1969 | 7 | 6,604 |
| 1970 | 7 | 7,056 |
| 1974 | 8 | 6,888 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,873 |
| 1977 | 8 | 7,549 |
| 1979 | 5 | 11,925 |
| 1980 | 10 | 6,783 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6,599 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,761 |
| 1989 | 6 | 12,325 |
| 1991 | 5 | 15,392 |
| 1994 | 6 | 13,380 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,793 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,042 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,767 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,845 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,400 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,681 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,204 |
| 2017 | 80 | 1,858 |
| 2018 | 47 | 2,668 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,485 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,233 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,024 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,188 |
| 2023 | 84 | 1,893 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,008 |
| 2025 | 68 | 2,142 |

## People named Von

- Von Miller, American football player (born 1989)
- Von Wafer, American basketball player (born 1985)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.