How Many People Are Named Fallon?

12,056

people named Fallon are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 28,349 people in the US has this name

Based on 12,253 babies named Fallon in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,200

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,216

See the top 100

Peak Year

1982

618 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendant of Fallamhan". The given name Fallamhan meant "leader". It was popularized in the 1980s by a character on the soap opera 'Dynasty'.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
94.9%
Male
5.1%

Of the babies given the name Fallon, 94.9% were girls and 5.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 99.4% of the babies were girls then and 93.9% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Fallon alive today is about 22 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 37 in 2025.

Under 30 7,543
62.6%
30 to 59 4,512
37.4%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Fallon first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 1982, to 618 babies. In 2025, 364 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Fallon has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #376, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #779.

Girls
Rank in 2025#779
Best rank#376 (1982)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#581 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Fallon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Fallon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,047 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fallon was given 2.4 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Arkansas and 1.5 times in Missouri.

Texas 1,047
California 917
New York 716
Florida 624
Pennsylvania 513
Illinois 485
Ohio 375
Georgia 372
North Carolina 359
Louisiana 343
New Jersey 300
Missouri 275
Michigan 256
Tennessee 247
Massachusetts 243
Virginia 238
Alabama 174
Maryland 168
South Carolina 146
Indiana 125
Washington 124
Arkansas 122
Mississippi 97
Kentucky 93
Connecticut 92
Arizona 90
Oklahoma 87
Colorado 83
Wisconsin 64
Minnesota 49
Kansas 48
Iowa 47
West Virginia 42
Oregon 36
Nevada 19
Utah 18
Rhode Island 10
New Mexico 10
New Hampshire 10
Montana 10
Maine 6
Delaware 5

Look up another name

👤

⊙ We don't save the names you search.