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.
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- 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 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 970 of them was named London, which outranked 99.1% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 6,572 of them was named London, which outranked 94.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #820Westin275
- #824Alvaro274
- #824Amias274
- #826London273
- #826Aydin273
- #826Khalid273
- #826Legacy273
- #831Bryant271
- #831Kody271
- #831Ledger271
Tied with 4 names at #826; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.