London

Where London comes from

From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
— Wiktionary's entry for London
  • place
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #5,891 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    London Breed born
    American politician (born 1974); Mayor of San Francisco from 2018 to 2025
  3. 1989
    London Keyes born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 1990
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2013
    Peak, #85
    3,462 babies named London — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #180.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
Namesakes
  • London Breed · American politician (born 1974); Mayor of San Francisco from 2018 to 2025, born 1974
  • London Keyes · American pornographic actress, born 1989
  • London on da Track · American record producer, born 1991
  • London Fletcher · American football player, born 1975
  • London Perrantes · American basketball player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.