boy's name
Boone
BOON
- Origin English
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 1
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 7,056
the United States
#423
2025 births
Boone is a boy's name of Norman French origin. It is a habitational name from Bohon in Normandy, and a competing derivation reads it as the French bon, good, used as a nickname — surname dictionaries record both.
- Boone is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 762 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,351 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1889.
- 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.
Boone over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 |
| 1900s | 5 |
| 1910s | 55 |
| 1920s | 89 |
| 1930s | 41 |
| 1940s | 13 |
| 1950s | 14 |
| 1960s | 23 |
| 1970s | 102 |
| 1980s | 225 |
| 1990s | 290 |
| 2000s | 496 |
| 2010s | 2,300 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,234 |
What Boone means
Boone means either a man from Bohon in Normandy, or simply good, from the Old French bon. The two readings are both defended and cannot always be separated for a given family.
Where Boone comes from
Boone has two candidate origins. The habitational one derives it from Bohon in the Manche department of Normandy, whose lords came to England with the Conquest. The nickname one takes the Old French bon, good, applied approvingly. English surname dictionaries record both without resolving them. The name's American weight is entirely Daniel Boone, the frontiersman who opened the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, and Boone County appears in eight American states. It appears in our records from 1889 and reached its highest use in 2025.
Boone in use
Boone charts in only two of the seven countries we track and reached its highest recorded use in 2025.
How popular is Boone?
In 2025, Boone was given to 762 babies in the United States, ranking #423 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Boone is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Boone
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Boone also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Boone over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Boone
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Boone — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Boone
What does the name Boone mean?
Either a man from Bohon in Normandy, or good, from the Old French bon. Surname dictionaries record both.
Is Boone named after Daniel Boone?
Its American weight is entirely his — Boone County exists in eight states.
Is Boone a boy's or a girl's name?
It is given almost entirely to boys.
How popular is the name Boone?
In 2025, Boone was given to 762 babies in the United States, ranking #423 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
How many syllables are in Boone?
Boone has 1 syllable.
When was Boone most popular?
Boone peaked in 2025, when 762 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Boone a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Boone currently ranks #423 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.