London
#431 for girls in 2025, 719 births · #1,333 for boys in 2025, 144 births
Given to girls 81.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 3,462 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,455since 1963
London over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #431 | 719 | #1,333 | 144 |
| 2024 | #355 | 876 | #1,205 | 168 |
| 2023 | #312 | 989 | #1,053 | 206 |
| 2022 | #297 | 1,074 | #1,002 | 222 |
| 2021 | #217 | 1,360 | #1,031 | 212 |
| 2020 | #193 | 1,497 | #861 | 263 |
| 2019 | #167 | 1,731 | #826 | 273 |
| 2018 | #180 | 1,648 | #814 | 276 |
| 2017 | #151 | 1,973 | #818 | 275 |
| 2016 | #131 | 2,357 | #704 | 351 |
| 2015 | #105 | 2,922 | #606 | 448 |
| 2014 | #93 | 3,290 | #612 | 436 |
| 2013 | #85 | 3,462 | #606 | 417 |
| 2012 | #94 | 3,202 | #541 | 485 |
| 2011 | #94 | 3,168 | #562 | 451 |
| 2010 | #109 | 2,872 | #504 | 511 |
| 2009 | #122 | 2,632 | #519 | 520 |
| 2008 | #156 | 2,160 | #550 | 478 |
| 2007 | #284 | 1,196 | #658 | 364 |
| 2006 | #351 | 944 | #637 | 366 |
| 2005 | #536 | 538 | #683 | 304 |
| 2004 | #666 | 411 | #867 | 202 |
| 2003 | #784 | 314 | #884 | 191 |
| 2002 | #836 | 278 | #875 | 187 |
| 2001 | #846 | 270 | #867 | 185 |
| 2000 | #828 | 271 | #895 | 174 |
| 1999 | #919 | 230 | #1,095 | 122 |
| 1998 | #1,024 | 194 | #1,133 | 110 |
| 1997 | #1,022 | 188 | #1,040 | 123 |
| 1996 | #1,020 | 183 | #1,037 | 118 |
| 1995 | #1,144 | 153 | #1,182 | 96 |
| 1994 | #977 | 189 | #1,089 | 106 |
| 1993 | #1,284 | 132 | #1,071 | 108 |
| 1992 | #1,231 | 141 | #1,119 | 96 |
| 1991 | #1,306 | 127 | #1,008 | 114 |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 | #1,086 | 96 |
| 1989 | #1,615 | 86 | #1,074 | 95 |
| 1988 | #1,769 | 71 | #1,189 | 72 |
| 1987 | #1,776 | 66 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #1,400 | 37 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | #1,847 | 23 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #1,450 | 28 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named London! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1965, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where London is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#48 · 1 in 263
- District of Columbia#49 · 1 in 200
- Louisiana#54 · 1 in 273
- Georgia#57 · 1 in 322
- Mississippi#82 · 1 in 347
Best ever in a state: #13 in District of Columbia, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #48 | 96 | 1 in 263 |
| District of Columbia | #49 | 16 | 1 in 200 |
| Louisiana | #54 | 74 | 1 in 273 |
| Georgia | #57 | 164 | 1 in 322 |
| Mississippi | #82 | 36 | 1 in 347 |
| South Carolina | #82 | 48 | 1 in 400 |
| Utah | #90 | 51 | 1 in 388 |
| Alabama | #93 | 49 | 1 in 428 |
| Arkansas | #94 | 29 | 1 in 422 |
| Michigan | #103 | 93 | 1 in 478 |
| Tennessee | #111 | 62 | 1 in 519 |
| Nevada | #120 | 26 | 1 in 468 |
| Pennsylvania | #123 | 95 | 1 in 583 |
| Idaho | #130 | 15 | 1 in 491 |
| North Carolina | #132 | 76 | 1 in 633 |
| Missouri | #143 | 46 | 1 in 640 |
| Ohio | #153 | 78 | 1 in 723 |
| Illinois | #158 | 86 | 1 in 770 |
| Texas | #159 | 211 | 1 in 795 |
| Virginia | #167 | 50 | 1 in 752 |
| Nebraska | #171 | 14 | 1 in 595 |
| Oklahoma | #174 | 24 | 1 in 727 |
| Connecticut | #175 | 18 | 1 in 723 |
| North Dakota | #175 | 5 | 1 in 541 |
| Florida | #181 | 99 | 1 in 870 |
| Delaware | #182 | 5 | 1 in 577 |
| Alaska | #186 | 5 | 1 in 489 |
| New York | #203 | 91 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Indiana | #213 | 34 | 1 in 956 |
| Wisconsin | #217 | 27 | 1 in 928 |
| Oregon | #221 | 19 | 1 in 873 |
| Kansas | #223 | 16 | 1 in 864 |
| Arizona | #233 | 36 | 1 in 1,014 |
| California | #234 | 208 | 1 in 1,103 |
| Washington | #237 | 31 | 1 in 1,037 |
| West Virginia | #247 | 7 | 1 in 984 |
| Colorado | #257 | 23 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Kentucky | #258 | 17 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Iowa | #290 | 11 | 1 in 1,230 |
| New Jersey | #382 | 21 | 1 in 1,871 |
| Minnesota | #383 | 14 | 1 in 1,840 |
| New Mexico | #462 | 5 | 1 in 1,692 |
| Massachusetts | #501 | 10 | 1 in 2,722 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 London
- 76 spots since 2024 (#355 → #431)
- 238 spots since 2020 (#193 → #431)
- 326 spots since 2015 (#105 → #431)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1994 (#1,284 → #977)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 1995 (#977 → #1,144)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2013 at #85 (3,462 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2011–2014
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1999–2025
- Highest: 1 in 507 girls born in 2013 were named London (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,235 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 59.9% of all girls named London (26,625) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78 | #2,917 (1969) | #4,711 |
| 1970s | 161 | #3,208 (1970) | #4,114 |
| 1980s | 412 | #1,615 (1989) | #2,946 |
| 1990s | 1,650 | #919 (1999) | #1,132 |
| 2000s | 9,014 | #122 (2009) | #541 |
| 2010s | 26,625 | #85 (2013) | #121 |
| 2020s | 6,515 | #193 (2020) | #301 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
London in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 875 of them was named London, which outranked 99.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 4,268 of them was named London, which outranked 96.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).