Lon
Lon is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 193rd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1948274 births
- Best rank
- #193in 1880
- Since 1880
- 9,836people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,836 boys have been named Lon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 274 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 274 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 24%. It has spent 94 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 491 | |
| 1890s | 314 | |
| 1900s | 170 | |
| 1910s | 420 | |
| 1920s | 664 | |
| 1930s | 648 | |
| 1940s | 1,452 | |
| 1950s | 2,396 | |
| 1960s | 1,723 | |
| 1970s | 898 | |
| 1980s | 367 | |
| 1990s | 148 | |
| 2000s | 78 | |
| 2010s | 51 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Lon was the 411th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1948 were James, Robert, John, William and David. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Lon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bertpeak 1918
- Lewpeak 1959
- Burtpeak 1956
- Hirampeak 1920
- Benjimanpeak 1921
- Nelspeak 1918
- Benjamanpeak 1977
- Edpeak 1959
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.