London
London is given to both girls and boys: 719 girls and 144 boys were given it in 2025 (#431 among girls’ names and #1,335 among boys’, #734 among all names counting both); 54,779 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named London every year since 1990.
An estimated 53,900 Americans named London and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 9 and 17.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of London by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does London mean?
Wiktionary, English section
London is “a unisex given name transferred from the place name.”
From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
/ˈlʌn.dən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is London?
#431 among girls’ names, 2025
London fell from #105 in 2015 to #431 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.6 to 0.45 per 1,000.
3,879 babies in 2013, the peak
London peaked in 2013, when 3,879 babies were given it (3,462 girls, #85 among girls’ names). The 863 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 22% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 719 | #431 | 144 | #1,335 |
| 2024 | 876 | #355 | 168 | #1,209 |
| 2023 | 989 | #314 | 206 | #1,058 |
| 2022 | 1,074 | #297 | 222 | #1,005 |
| 2021 | 1,360 | #217 | 212 | #1,031 |
| 2020 | 1,497 | #194 | 263 | #862 |
| 2019 | 1,731 | #167 | 273 | #830 |
| 2018 | 1,648 | #180 | 276 | #816 |
| 2017 | 1,973 | #151 | 275 | #819 |
| 2016 | 2,357 | #131 | 351 | #704 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,922 | #105 | 448 | #606 |
| 2014 | 3,290 | #93 | 436 | #614 |
| 2013 | 3,462 | #85 | 417 | #606 |
| 2012 | 3,202 | #94 | 485 | #541 |
| 2011 | 3,168 | #94 | 451 | #562 |
| 2010 | 2,872 | #109 | 511 | #504 |
| 2009 | 2,632 | #122 | 520 | #519 |
| 2008 | 2,160 | #156 | 478 | #553 |
| 2007 | 1,196 | #284 | 364 | #659 |
| 2006 | 944 | #351 | 366 | #639 |
| 2005 | 538 | #537 | 304 | #685 |
| 2004 | 411 | #670 | 202 | #869 |
| 2003 | 314 | #785 | 191 | #885 |
| 2002 | 278 | #837 | 187 | #878 |
| 2001 | 270 | #847 | 185 | #869 |
| 2000 | 271 | #828 | 174 | #894 |
| 1999 | 230 | #917 | 122 | #1,097 |
| 1998 | 194 | #1,025 | 110 | #1,137 |
| 1997 | 188 | #1,024 | 123 | #1,040 |
| 1996 | 183 | #1,023 | 118 | #1,037 |
| 1995 | 153 | #1,144 | 96 | #1,178 |
| 1994 | 189 | #981 | 106 | #1,090 |
| 1993 | 132 | #1,283 | 108 | #1,070 |
| 1992 | 141 | #1,236 | 96 | #1,122 |
| 1991 | 127 | #1,307 | 114 | #1,005 |
| 1990 | 113 | #1,398 | 96 | #1,089 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,618 | 95 | #1,073 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,778 | 72 | #1,194 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,782 | 47 | #1,517 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,063 | 37 | #1,711 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,901 | 28 | #2,047 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,382 | 33 | #1,749 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,108 | 27 | #1,989 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,836 | 19 | #2,567 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,578 | 17 | #2,738 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,872 | 20 | #2,493 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,274 | 14 | #3,100 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,176 | 13 | #3,159 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,327 | 22 | #2,177 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,358 | 14 | #2,903 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,229 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,343 | 14 | #2,746 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,876 | 20 | #2,088 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,010 | 26 | #1,750 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,437 | 37 | #1,411 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,266 | 23 | #1,876 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,962 | 32 | #1,426 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,118 | 29 | #1,469 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,969 | 22 | #1,691 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,093 | 28 | #1,470 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,096 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,356 | 15 | #2,166 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,272 | 9 | #2,975 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 13 | #2,323 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 10 | #2,818 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 7 | #3,527 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 8 | #3,174 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 7 | #3,453 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 6 | #3,809 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 6 | #3,776 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 7 | #3,375 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 6 | #3,670 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 11 | #2,472 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 11 | #2,450 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 8 | #2,930 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 10 | #2,541 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 7 | #3,190 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 8 | #3,005 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 7 | #3,068 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 8 | #2,672 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 7 | #3,013 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 7 | #3,117 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 11 | #2,280 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 7 | #3,006 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 5 | #3,824 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 6 | #3,489 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #3,985 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 8 | #2,888 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 9 | #2,911 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 8 | #3,138 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 7 | #3,570 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 12 | #2,477 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 7 | #3,581 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 12 | #2,530 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 6 | #4,151 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 11 | #2,709 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 7 | #3,722 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 6 | #4,145 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 8 | #3,381 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 16 | #2,027 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 13 | #2,339 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 15 | #2,050 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 6 | #3,722 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 10 | #2,551 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 5 | #3,080 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,755 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,600 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 5 | #1,420 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 5 | #1,118 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 5 | #1,051 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is London a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 54,779 Americans recorded as London, 81% are girls and 19% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named London: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named London, and how old are they?
53,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 99% of the 54,779 Americans ever recorded as London. The median London alive today is 13 years old; half are between 9 and 17.
The 2020 Census counted 40,126 people named London (32,506 women and girls, 7,620 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 46,824 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 18 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 115 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 532 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,460 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 23,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 27,400 |
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 London born?
The states with the most babies named London are Texas, Florida and California, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 93 | #453 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 74 | #316 | 1.1× |
| California | 71 | #570 | 0.7× |
| New York | 53 | #436 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 38 | #373 | 1.9× |
| North Carolina | 37 | #301 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 32 | #429 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 32 | #478 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 30 | #299 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #586 | 0.8× |
Where London is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, London is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 girls’ 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 London 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 86,703 babies since 1880, London is the most given (63% of them). In 2025 it was given to 863 of their 1,788 babies (48%), again the most given.
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 London
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 London and names like it
- Compare London and LondynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLondon peaked in 2013.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named London since 1910.
- From place namesWiktionary’s origin for London: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2013The year the most babies were named London.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named London alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.