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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #192, 1880boys
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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
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.

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 1963

boys
#591
176 births · 1 in 11,540 boys

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #591Lon176
More about 1963

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 11,540 of them was named Lon, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lon
  1. #588Avery180
  2. #589Hank177
  3. #589Jefferson177
  4. #591Lon176
  5. #591Dwain176
  6. #591Elton176
  7. #594Cody175
  8. #594Lyndon175
  9. #596Brady174

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

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963