Lon

Boy · recorded 1880–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1880best year

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

029057918801916195119872022

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 137 recorded years as a table
Lon, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880579
1881268
1882457
1883487
1884472
1885353
1886524
1887483
1888455
1889389
1890414
1891287
1892344
1893294
1894216
1895264
1896318
1897293
1898187
1899132
1900226
1901122
1902212
1903193
1904117
190568
1906113
190768
1908104
190955
191072
191158
191256
191380
191472
191564
191662
191761
191868
191948
192043
192182
192253
192372
192462
192553
192666
192762
192855
192954
193067
193151
193264
193356
193460
193554
193667
193774
193854
193966
194078
194163
194259
194357
194467
194583
194690
1947148
1948156
1949129
1950131
1951126
1952125
1953132
1954112
1955122
1956111
1957109
1958108
1959113
1960103
196191
196293
196387
196499
196583
196679
196792
196891
196972
197081
197183
197261
197360
197454
197547
197643
197742
197840
197930
198032
198126
198219
198325
198423
198520
198615
198712
198814
198915
199019
19917
19929
19936
19945
19956
199610
19974
19989
20007
20017
20028
20044
20064
20072
20084
20093
20113
20125
20143
20154
20165
20184
20193
20203
20213
20223

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lon isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
5
Rank in 2022
#12,330
How rare
1 in 349,201 boys
Since 1880
9,836

Lon was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1880, at 579 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lon doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.