London
#431 for girls in 2025, 719 births · #1,333 for boys in 2025, 144 births
Given to girls 81.2% of the time
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- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1963
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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2013 at #85 (3,462 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2011–2014
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 507
- Highest: 1 in 507 girls born in 2013 were named London (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,235 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 59.9% of all girls named London (26,625) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
- 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.
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