Fallon — #736 US unisex name
11,284 babies named Fallon in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Fallon was born in this single decade.
611 babies were named Fallon in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fallon
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,284 babies named Fallon between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fallon currently holds the #736 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 611 babies received it in a single year. Fallon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 604 additional births since 1972.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fallon performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,376 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fallon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,021 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Fallon in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fallon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11,284 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fallon at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Fallon popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (1982)
- 611
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #736 among girls.
11,284 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 611 births in a single year.
Fallon popularity over time — boys
604 total births recorded since 1972 (Fallon as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Fallon accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Fallon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 3,376 births that decade — 30% of Fallon's all-time total
Fallon decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,376 births
- Runner-up 2,288 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Fallon's strongest decade
3,376 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Fallon by state
Where Fallon concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,021 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 901 | 8.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 725 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 614 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 494 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 488 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 370 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 364 | 3.2% |
1,021 of 11,284 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- New York 6.4% of nationwide
- Florida 5.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Fallon appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.