London
London is ranked 355th among girls in 2024 (872 births). Its best rank was 85th, in 2013.
- Rank in 2024
- #355down 42 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8720.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 20133,462 births
- Best rank
- #85in 2013
- Since 1963
- 53,894people given the name
The story in the numbers
43,716 girls have been named London in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 3,462 births — 0.20% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 93 → 355).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 61%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 4 of them in the top 100.
London is used for both sexes: 19% of its bearers are boys (10,178), most of them born around 2009.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2013, its biggest year
London was the 85th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2013 were Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2013.
Names that rose and fell with London
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Analeighpeak 2009
- Izzabellapeak 2010
- Jaylahpeak 2013
- Lillyanapeak 2012
- Paitynpeak 2010
- Kenleypeak 2012
- Makinleypeak 2013
- Bryleepeak 2011
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.