Long
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 133 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,909since 1975
Long over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Long has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #1,282 | 101 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #2,060 | 43 |
| 1996 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #1,682 | 53 |
| 1994 | #1,734 | 51 |
| 1993 | #1,431 | 66 |
| 1992 | #1,510 | 59 |
| 1991 | #1,699 | 48 |
| 1990 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #819 | 133 |
| 1987 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #1,144 | 68 |
| 1985 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,110 | 66 |
| 1983 | #987 | 80 |
| 1982 | #977 | 85 |
| 1981 | #1,077 | 71 |
| 1980 | #1,103 | 67 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #1,913 | 26 |
| 1977 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 47 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Long! It came in at #3,246, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2019, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 8,315 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #12,008)
- 5,388 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #12,008)
- 5,332 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 518 spots in 1988 (#1,337 → #819)
- Biggest drop: 839 spots in 1989 (#819 → #1,658)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1988 at #819 (133 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1982–1983
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,393
- Highest: 1 in 14,393 boys born in 1988 were named Long (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 38.3% of all boys named Long (731) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 146 | #1,286 (1976) | #1,988 |
| 1980s | 731 | #819 (1988) | #1,145 |
| 1990s | 470 | #1,431 (1993) | #1,945 |
| 2000s | 306 | #1,282 (2000) | #3,961 |
| 2010s | 187 | #1,775 (2012) | #6,392 |
| 2020s | 69 | #3,693 (2024) | #8,620 |
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.
Long in 1982
boys
#977
85 births · 1 in 21,346 boys
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 21,346 of them was named Long, which outranked 86.7% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).