Boone

Meaning: 'Bean' or 'someone who farmed beans'
Origin: Dutch/Middle Dutch — Dutch/English surname

Boy's name · #423 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Boone is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1889, it stood at #423 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 6,900 boys have been named Boone along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Boone ran 3–4× its national rate in Nebraska and Iowa.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Boone ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,240 in Canada (2024).

Famous Boones

Boone Jenner — Canadian ice hockey player
Boone Logan — American baseball player
Boone Helm — American cannibal (1828–1864)
Boone Guyton — United States naval aviator
Boone Speed — American photographer and rock climber

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 54,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Daniel Boone — American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820)
Pat Boone — American singer (born 1934)
Megan Boone — American actress

In stories & tradition

Boone Carlyle — Lost (TV series)

Similar names: Sutton · Bodie · Stone · Miller · Boden · Rome

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