# London (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/london/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlʌn.dən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 54,779 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,324 / 44,455 (81% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 304, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,168 | 94 |
| 2012 | 3,202 | 94 |
| 2013 | 3,462 | 85 |
| 2014 | 3,290 | 93 |
| 2015 | 2,922 | 105 |
| 2016 | 2,357 | 131 |
| 2017 | 1,973 | 151 |
| 2018 | 1,648 | 180 |
| 2019 | 1,731 | 167 |
| 2020 | 1,497 | 194 |
| 2021 | 1,360 | 217 |
| 2022 | 1,074 | 297 |
| 2023 | 989 | 314 |
| 2024 | 876 | 355 |
| 2025 | 719 | 431 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 451 | 562 |
| 2012 | 485 | 541 |
| 2013 | 417 | 606 |
| 2014 | 436 | 614 |
| 2015 | 448 | 606 |
| 2016 | 351 | 704 |
| 2017 | 275 | 819 |
| 2018 | 276 | 816 |
| 2019 | 273 | 830 |
| 2020 | 263 | 862 |
| 2021 | 212 | 1,031 |
| 2022 | 222 | 1,005 |
| 2023 | 206 | 1,058 |
| 2024 | 168 | 1,209 |
| 2025 | 144 | 1,335 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: لَنْدَن, اَللُّنْدُنَة, لُنْدْرَة, لُنْدُن
- Armenian: Լոնդոն, Լոնդոնյան, Լոնդոնի
- Bulgarian: Ло́ндон
- Catalan: Londres
- Chinese: 倫敦 /伦敦, 倫敦 /伦敦
- Czech: Londýn, londýnský
- Danish: London
- Dutch: Londen, Londens, van Londen
- Esperanto: Londono
- Estonian: London
- Finnish: Lontoo, lontoolainen
- French: Londres, londonien, de Londres
- Georgian: ლონდონი, ლონდონის, ლონდონული
- German: London, Londoner, londonisch
- Greek: Λονδίνο, λονδρέζικος
- Hebrew: לוֹנְדּוֹן
- Hindi: लंदन
- Hungarian: London, londoni
- Icelandic: Lundúnir, Lundúna-, lundúnskur
- Indonesian: London

## People named London

- London Breed, American politician (born 1974); Mayor of San Francisco from 2018 to 2025
- London Keyes, American pornographic actress
- London on da Track, American record producer (born 1991)
- London Perrantes, American basketball player (born 1994)
- London Fletcher, American football player

## 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.