How Many People Are Named Lon?
people named Lon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 64,793 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,856 babies named Lon in Social Security records from 1880 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
274 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ALONZO and other names containing the same sound. Famous bearers were American actors Lon Chaney Sr. (1883-1930) and Lon Chaney Jr. (1906-1973). The elder's birth name was Leonidas.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lon (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lon alive today is about 62 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lon first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1948, to 274 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Lon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #193, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #193 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #477 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lon were born in California than in any other state: about 493 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lon was given 3 times as often in Minnesota, 2.6 times in Iowa and 2.5 times in Washington.
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