Alon

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405 · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,361
1975 · 18 births
Debut · boys
1926
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,188
since 1926

Alon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alon has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #2,361, 1975boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,20818
2024—#4,57122
2023—#3,71230
2022—#3,46433
2021—#4,62821
2020—#4,42622
2019—#4,63921
2018—#3,52431
2017—#4,22424
2016—#3,52431
2015—#6,67612
2014—#4,86619
2013—#4,31322
2012—#4,86219
2011—#5,94514
2010—#4,67820
2009—#3,91926
2008#15,4056#3,82327
2007—#3,59129
2006—#3,45130
2005—#3,44728
2004#14,1796#3,73524
2003—#4,11420
2002—#4,50217
2001—#4,12119
2000—#3,92220
1999—#2,93928
1998—#2,85128
1997#12,0706#3,16023
1996—#3,20222
1995—#3,85416
1994—#6,3728
1993—#2,39931
1992—#3,22020
1991—#2,68325
1990—#2,95221
1989#10,8476#2,78422
1988—#2,68221
1987—#2,83818
1986—#2,89117
1985—#2,82817
1984—#3,70111
1983—#3,63011
1982—#2,59618
1981—#2,89815
1980—#3,83810
1979—#2,37920
1978—#2,56817
1977—#2,79115
1976—#4,0128
1975—#2,36118
1974—#2,67414
1973—#2,60614
1972—#3,6228
1971—#2,81312
1970—#3,5218
1969—#2,41513
1968—#3,1078
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1962—#3,6406
1961—#3,3567
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five boys were named Alon! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1926–1953, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 637 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,208)
  • 782 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #5,208)
  • 1,468 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1975 at #2,361 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,909
  • Highest: 1 in 52,909 boys born in 2022 were named Alon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,361 in 1975, was only 1 in 86,742 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.2% of all boys named Alon (240) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,201 (1926)#4,201
1930s5#3,763 (1931)#3,763
1940s5#3,690 (1949)#3,690
1950s8#2,942 (1954)#2,942
1960s50#2,415 (1969)#3,103
1970s134#2,361 (1975)#2,935
1980s160#2,596 (1982)#3,069
1990s222#2,399 (1993)#3,363
2000s240#3,447 (2005)#3,863
2010s213#3,524 (2016)#4,725
2020s146#3,464 (2022)#4,335

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.

Alon in 1997

girls
#12,070
6 births · 1 in 290,118 girls
boys
#3,160
23 births · 1 in 81,963 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #12,070Alon6

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #3,160Alon23
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 290,118 of them was named Alon, which outranked 25.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alon
  1. #10,836Zikeya7
  2. #10,836Zoraya7
  3. #10,836Zuly7
  4. #12,070Alon6
  5. #12,070Aalexis6
  6. #12,070Aalexus6
  7. #12,070Aalia6
  8. #13,724Aalaiyah5
  9. #13,724Aalyssa5
  10. #13,724Aasia5

Tied with 1,653 names at #12,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 81,963 of them was named Alon, which outranked 70.8% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alon
  1. #3,064Wesly24
  2. #3,064Wilton24
  3. #3,064Zaquan24
  4. #3,160Alon23
  5. #3,160Amando23
  6. #3,160Amonte23
  7. #3,160Aquil23
  8. #3,261Adler22
  9. #3,261Adolph22
  10. #3,261Ahad22

Tied with 100 names at #3,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →