Lon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lon

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,836 babies named Lon between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 274 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lon performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,396 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 697 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Lon in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lon 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 9,836 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.