Von vs Vonda
American parents have registered 10,323 Vondas since 1880, against 6,011 Vons. But in 2025 it was Von that was commoner, 68 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Von Vonda
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 125 years in which either name was published, Vonda for 75 years and Von for 50 years. The lead changed hands 10 times.
Side by side
| Von | Vonda | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 6,011 | 10,323 |
| Most in one year | 135 | 1,093 |
| Babies in 2025 | 68 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 4,200 | 7,300 |
| Median age today | 50 | 60 |
| Peak year | 1958 | 1965 |
| Best rank | 691st boys | 261st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,125th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1898 | 1899 |
| Girls / boys | 459 / 5,552 | 10,312 / 11 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Vondas alive today are over 60; half the Vons are over 50. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Von Utah (9.9×), Texas (2.7×), Indiana (2.6×)
- Vonda West Virginia (5.0×), Kentucky (4.3×), Indiana (3.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Von and Vonda.