Lon

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 64 births
Debut · boys
64 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,836
since 1880

Lon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lon has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #192, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022—#12,3305
2021—#12,1465
2020—#10,6056
2019—#10,8036
2018—#9,6707
2017——
2016—#7,60510
2015—#8,7448
2014—#10,7176
2013——
2012—#8,1589
2011—#12,2875
2010——
2009—#10,9946
2008—#8,3249
2007—#12,3675
2006—#7,9989
2005——
2004—#8,9277
2003——
2002—#4,91915
2001—#5,14214
2000—#5,29713
1999——
1998—#4,01917
1997—#6,6188
1996—#3,54919
1995—#5,12411
1994—#5,45210
1993—#5,00211
1992—#3,60417
1991—#3,81315
1990—#1,90940
1989—#2,20631
1988—#2,30526
1987—#2,46822
1986—#2,09627
1985—#1,67237
1984—#1,48142
1983—#1,42944
1982—#1,67735
1981—#1,39646
1980—#1,21457
1979—#1,29151
1978—#1,07965
1977—#1,03669
1976—#1,01067
1975—#96173
1974—#86785
1973—#82593
1972—#80499
1971—#684146
1970—#668150
1969—#696129
1968#7,0165#606158
1967—#593161
1966—#623141
1965—#617154
1964—#560198
1963—#591176
1962—#567193
1961—#566193
1960#6,3905#533220
1959#6,2455#503242
1958—#508229
1957—#506235
1956—#494234
1955—#466252
1954—#478229
1953—#444260
1952—#454242
1951—#438238
1950—#433235
1949—#443228
1948—#411274
1947—#415271
1946—#529146
1945—#572112
1944—#65191
1943—#71481
1942—#70582
1941—#70277
1940—#62690
1939—#69573
1938—#79960
1937—#67179
1936—#71969
1935—#83456
1934—#78862
1933—#82456
1932—#76967
1931—#87953
1930—#74473
1929—#86958
1928—#84661
1927—#78670
1926—#74973
1925—#87159
1924#5,0615#80970
1923—#73379
1922—#91458
1921—#68290
1920—#1,02046
1919—#98947
1918—#78269
1917—#85556
1916—#84055
1915—#83254
1914—#77047
1913—#72041
1912—#91824
1911—#92513
1910—#82214
1909—#1,0209
1908—#65716
1907—#86610
1906—#61315
1905—#8369
1904—#58715
1903—#41123
1902—#38826
1901—#55913
1900—#38234
1899—#52114
1898—#40923
1897—#32133
1896—#30138
1895—#32931
1894—#36725
1893—#30033
1892—#27942
1891—#30829
1890—#25046
1889—#25043
1888—#23655
1887—#22449
1886—#22258
1885—#26838
1884—#23154
1883—#21251
1882—#22852
1881—#31327
1880—#19264
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lon was already there! It came in at #192, and was given to 64 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1999, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Lon is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1921 (#1,020 → #682)
  • Biggest drop: 363 spots in 1909 (#657 → #1,020)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #192 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1921–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,726
  • Highest: 1 in 1,726 boys born in 1880 were named Lon (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 24.4% of all boys named Lon (2,396) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s491#192 (1880)#238
1890s314#250 (1890)#339
1900s170#382 (1900)#632
1910s420#720 (1913)#845
1920s664#682 (1921)#828
1930s648#671 (1937)#772
1940s1,452#411 (1948)#577
1950s2,396#433 (1950)#472
1960s1,723#533 (1960)#595
1970s898#668 (1970)#923
1980s367#1,214 (1980)#1,794
1990s148#1,909 (1990)#4,343
2000s78#4,919 (2002)#7,996
2010s51#7,605 (2016)#9,712
2020s16#10,605 (2020)#11,694

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lon in 1883

boys
#212
51 births · 1 in 2,051 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #212Lon51
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 2,051 of them was named Lon, which outranked 79.4% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lon
  1. #208Donald52
  2. #208Edmond52
  3. #208Preston52
  4. #212Lon51
  5. #212Cecil51
  6. #212Joel51
  7. #215Bill50
  8. #215Bruce50
  9. #215Byron50

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 416Sumner#943 → #527
  2. ↑ 377Alf#837 → #460
  3. ↑ 358Arlie#837 → #479
  4. ↑ 358Everette#837 → #479
  5. ↑ 346Ocie#943 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Morton#370 → #799
  2. ↓ 423Saul#469 → #892
  3. ↓ 403Pierce#489 → #892
  4. ↓ 378Bryant#514 → #892
  5. ↓ 352Buck#540 → #892

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1883 →