Boy name#1,369 of boy names
Boone
Pronounced B UW1 N (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2024
- 136 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Boone?
Boone is a boys' name, and first appears in 1889. It has been given to 6,140 children — the 1,369th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 556 children were given it.
Boon is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Boone and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Boon
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B UW1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Boone
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Boone
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Boone?
- Boone ranks 1,369th among boys' names in US records, with 6,140 births since 1889. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,110.
- Is Boone a unisex name?
- No. Boone is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Boone most popular?
- 2024, when 556 children were given the name. It has been in use for 136 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Boone spelled?
- Boon. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.