Recorded 1898–2025 · United States
Von was most popular in 1958, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,503 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,542, with 68 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,011 people named Von.
Von first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1898, which makes it about 127 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 119 of the 128 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,011 American births named Von between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,191 are estimated to be alive today.
68 American babies were named Von in 2025, ranking #4,542 that year.
Von is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 74 births a year, against 45 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +66% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Von is mostly a boy’s name — 7.6% of the 6,011 Americans given it were girls and 92.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,191 Americans named Von are alive today — 70% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 51 years old, and half are between 19 and 66. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org