# Lon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Lonnie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,856 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,836 / 20 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 5 | 5,531 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,811 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,912 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,664 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | 9,556 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,469 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,609 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,738 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,896 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,558 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,598 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,591 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,242 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,931 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,327 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,610 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,443 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,319 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,559 |

## People named Lon

- Lon Chaney, American actor (1883–1930)
- Lon L. Fuller, American philosopher of law (1902-1978)
- Lon McCallister, American actor (1923-2005)
- Lon Poff, actor (1870-1952)
- Lon Non, Cambodian politician (1930-1975)
- Lon Nil, Cambodian politician
- Jesse Plemons, American actor (born 1988)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.