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
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 64 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,836since 1880
Lon over time
Rank among boys' names. Lon has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,206 | 31 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,468 | 22 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,672 | 37 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,429 | 44 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,677 | 35 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,396 | 46 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,214 | 57 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,291 | 51 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,079 | 65 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,036 | 69 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,010 | 67 | |
| 1975 | — | #961 | 73 | |
| 1974 | — | #867 | 85 | |
| 1973 | — | #825 | 93 | |
| 1972 | — | #804 | 99 | |
| 1971 | — | #684 | 146 | |
| 1970 | — | #668 | 150 | |
| 1969 | — | #696 | 129 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #606 | 158 |
| 1967 | — | #593 | 161 | |
| 1966 | — | #623 | 141 | |
| 1965 | — | #617 | 154 | |
| 1964 | — | #560 | 198 | |
| 1963 | — | #591 | 176 | |
| 1962 | — | #567 | 193 | |
| 1961 | — | #566 | 193 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #533 | 220 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #503 | 242 |
| 1958 | — | #508 | 229 | |
| 1957 | — | #506 | 235 | |
| 1956 | — | #494 | 234 | |
| 1955 | — | #466 | 252 | |
| 1954 | — | #478 | 229 | |
| 1953 | — | #444 | 260 | |
| 1952 | — | #454 | 242 | |
| 1951 | — | #438 | 238 | |
| 1950 | — | #433 | 235 | |
| 1949 | — | #443 | 228 | |
| 1948 | — | #411 | 274 | |
| 1947 | — | #415 | 271 | |
| 1946 | — | #529 | 146 | |
| 1945 | — | #572 | 112 | |
| 1944 | — | #651 | 91 | |
| 1943 | — | #714 | 81 | |
| 1942 | — | #705 | 82 | |
| 1941 | — | #702 | 77 | |
| 1940 | — | #626 | 90 | |
| 1939 | — | #695 | 73 | |
| 1938 | — | #799 | 60 | |
| 1937 | — | #671 | 79 | |
| 1936 | — | #719 | 69 | |
| 1935 | — | #834 | 56 | |
| 1934 | — | #788 | 62 | |
| 1933 | — | #824 | 56 | |
| 1932 | — | #769 | 67 | |
| 1931 | — | #879 | 53 | |
| 1930 | — | #744 | 73 | |
| 1929 | — | #869 | 58 | |
| 1928 | — | #846 | 61 | |
| 1927 | — | #786 | 70 | |
| 1926 | — | #749 | 73 | |
| 1925 | — | #871 | 59 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #809 | 70 |
| 1923 | — | #733 | 79 | |
| 1922 | — | #914 | 58 | |
| 1921 | — | #682 | 90 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,020 | 46 | |
| 1919 | — | #989 | 47 | |
| 1918 | — | #782 | 69 | |
| 1917 | — | #855 | 56 | |
| 1916 | — | #840 | 55 | |
| 1915 | — | #832 | 54 | |
| 1914 | — | #770 | 47 | |
| 1913 | — | #720 | 41 | |
| 1912 | — | #918 | 24 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #382 | 34 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #409 | 23 | |
| 1897 | — | #321 | 33 | |
| 1896 | — | #301 | 38 | |
| 1895 | — | #329 | 31 | |
| 1894 | — | #367 | 25 | |
| 1893 | — | #300 | 33 | |
| 1892 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #250 | 46 | |
| 1889 | — | #250 | 43 | |
| 1888 | — | #236 | 55 | |
| 1887 | — | #224 | 49 | |
| 1886 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1885 | — | #268 | 38 | |
| 1884 | — | #231 | 54 | |
| 1883 | — | #212 | 51 | |
| 1882 | — | #228 | 52 | |
| 1881 | — | #313 | 27 | |
| 1880 | — | #192 | 64 | |
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 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#195 · 1 in 1,902
- Montana#222 · 1 in 1,534
- Oregon#228 · 1 in 2,107
- Minnesota#233 · 1 in 3,408
- Wisconsin#249 · 1 in 3,885
Best ever in a state: #161 in South Dakota, 1947.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #195 | 16 | 1 in 1,902 |
| Montana | #222 | 5 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Oregon | #228 | 8 | 1 in 2,107 |
| Minnesota | #233 | 12 | 1 in 3,408 |
| Wisconsin | #249 | 12 | 1 in 3,885 |
| Washington | #252 | 12 | 1 in 2,627 |
| Nebraska | #277 | 5 | 1 in 3,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #404 | 13 | 1 in 9,482 |
| Indiana | #429 | 6 | 1 in 9,128 |
| Tennessee | #450 | 5 | 1 in 8,030 |
| Missouri | #464 | 5 | 1 in 9,720 |
| California | #467 | 24 | 1 in 7,280 |
| Michigan | #480 | 8 | 1 in 12,345 |
| Alabama | #488 | 5 | 1 in 7,648 |
| Illinois | #558 | 9 | 1 in 12,660 |
| Ohio | #558 | 7 | 1 in 16,347 |
| New York | #585 | 12 | 1 in 15,068 |
| Texas | #603 | 14 | 1 in 8,757 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lon
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #192 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1921–1975
- 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%)
- 24.4% of all boys named Lon (2,396) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 491 | #192 (1880) | #238 |
| 1890s | 314 | #250 (1890) | #339 |
| 1900s | 170 | #382 (1900) | #632 |
| 1910s | 420 | #720 (1913) | #845 |
| 1920s | 664 | #682 (1921) | #828 |
| 1930s | 648 | #671 (1937) | #772 |
| 1940s | 1,452 | #411 (1948) | #577 |
| 1950s | 2,396 | #433 (1950) | #472 |
| 1960s | 1,723 | #533 (1960) | #595 |
| 1970s | 898 | #668 (1970) | #923 |
| 1980s | 367 | #1,214 (1980) | #1,794 |
| 1990s | 148 | #1,909 (1990) | #4,343 |
| 2000s | 78 | #4,919 (2002) | #7,996 |
| 2010s | 51 | #7,605 (2016) | #9,712 |
| 2020s | 16 | #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 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 9,268 of them was named Lon, which outranked 88.7% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).