Bjorn: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced BYORN · 1 syllable

Danish: A given name from Old Norse bjorn (“bear”), equivalent to Swedish Bjorn or Icelandic Bjorn

How popular is Bjorn?

Bjorn was the #829 name in the US in 2025, given to 298 babies. It’s rising: up 435% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Bjorn in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Bjorn are older than 39; most are between 19 and 59. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Bjorn have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Bjorn is pronounced BYORN.

Bjorn was the #829 name in the US in 2025, given to 298 babies. It’s rising: up 435% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Bjorn are older than 39. Most are between 19 and 59.