Boone is an English surname from the Old French bon, "good", and in America it is inseparable from the frontiersman Daniel Boone, who blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap. That pioneer flavor puts it alongside Wyatt, Colt and Banks among rugged surname names. Boone entered the US top 1000 in 2015 and has risen to number 423 in 2025, its best rank so far.