Lon
Lon was last recorded in 2022, when 5 babies were given it; 9,856 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,170 Americans named Lon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 55 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lon is “a male given name; diminutive form Lonnie.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lon?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,553, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
274 babies in 1948, the peak
Lon peaked in 1948, when 274 boys were given it, #411 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #13,553 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,313 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 6 | #11,437 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,605 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #10,321 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,926 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 8 | #9,236 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #11,585 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,592 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 5 | #13,550 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #11,891 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,733 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,603 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,463 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,550 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 15 | #5,046 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,297 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,469 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,120 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #7,009 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,620 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,365 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,723 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,224 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,679 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,936 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,921 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 31 | #2,225 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,519 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,137 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,687 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 42 | #1,494 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,440 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,690 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 73 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 85 | #875 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 93 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 99 | #807 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 146 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 150 | #670 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 129 | #700 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 158 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 161 | #594 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 141 | #623 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 154 | #617 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 198 | #562 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 176 | #593 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 193 | #568 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 193 | #566 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 220 | #534 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 242 | #504 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 229 | #508 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 235 | #505 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 234 | #495 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 252 | #466 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 229 | #477 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 260 | #443 | 0.13 |
| 1952 | 242 | #453 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 238 | #439 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 235 | #433 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 228 | #442 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 274 | #411 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 271 | #415 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 146 | #532 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 112 | #573 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 91 | #654 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 81 | #717 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 82 | #711 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 77 | #707 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 90 | #629 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 73 | #697 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 60 | #803 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 79 | #671 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 69 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 56 | #840 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 62 | #789 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 56 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 67 | #776 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 53 | #883 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 73 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 58 | #875 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 61 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 70 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 73 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 59 | #876 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 70 | #812 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 79 | #735 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 58 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 90 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 47 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 69 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 56 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 55 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 54 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 47 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 41 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 24 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 13 | #959 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 14 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,055 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 16 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 10 | #909 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 15 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 9 | #884 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 15 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 23 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 26 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 13 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 34 | #383 | 0.23 |
| 1899 | 14 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 23 | #413 | 0.19 |
| 1897 | 33 | #326 | 0.29 |
| 1896 | 38 | #304 | 0.32 |
| 1895 | 31 | #334 | 0.26 |
| 1894 | 25 | #373 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 33 | #304 | 0.29 |
| 1892 | 42 | #281 | 0.34 |
| 1891 | 29 | #314 | 0.29 |
| 1890 | 46 | #250 | 0.41 |
| 1889 | 43 | #250 | 0.39 |
| 1888 | 55 | #236 | 0.46 |
| 1887 | 49 | #225 | 0.48 |
| 1886 | 58 | #223 | 0.52 |
| 1885 | 38 | #270 | 0.35 |
| 1884 | 54 | #232 | 0.47 |
| 1883 | 51 | #214 | 0.49 |
| 1882 | 52 | #229 | 0.46 |
| 1881 | 27 | #316 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 64 | #193 | 0.58 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lon has been given almost only to boys: 20 girls in 137 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lon, and how old are they?
5,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 9,856 Americans ever recorded as Lon. The median Lon alive today is 65 years old; half are between 55 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 6,253 people named Lon (173 women and girls, 6,080 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,837 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 281 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,830 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,480 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 409 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 115 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 53 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lon born?
The states with the most babies named Lon are California, Texas and Michigan, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 697 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 464 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 380 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 358 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 319 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New York | 313 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 311 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Minnesota | 301 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Wisconsin | 267 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Iowa | 210 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Lon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lon is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 10,325 babies since 1880, Lon is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 none of their 24 babies recorded by SSA was a Lon (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lon and names like it
- Compare Lon and LonnBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLon peaked in 1948.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lon since 1910.
- The top names of 1948The year the most babies were named Lon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.