Alon Boy
How popular is Alon?
#5,207 boy name in 2025
18 baby boys were named Alon in the US in 2025, making it the 5207th most popular boy name.
Alon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,207 for boys (▼ 640 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,671 in 2015, #4,422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (33 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,360 in 1975 |
| First recorded | 1926 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alan family of names ranked #134 for boys in 2025 (#121 the year before), with 2,835 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alan | 1,915 | 68% |
| Allen | 507 | 18% |
| Allan | 223 | 8% |
| Aylan | 72 | 3% |
| Alain | 44 | 2% |
| Alen | 36 | 1% |
| Alon | 18 | 1% |
| Ailan | 7 | 0% |
| Alann | 7 | 0% |
| Aylon | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alon is most popular
Babies named Alon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Alon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,689 |
| 1950s | 8 | #2,941 |
| 1960s | 50 | #2,414 |
| 1970s | 134 | #2,360 |
| 1980s | 160 | #2,595 |
| 1990s | 222 | #2,393 |
| 2000s | 240 | #3,443 |
| 2010s | 213 | #3,520 |
| 2020s | 146 | #3,462 |
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Questions
- Is Alon a boy or girl name?
- Alon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alon were boys.
- How popular is the name Alon?
- 18 baby boys were named Alon in the US in 2025, making it the 5207th most popular boy name.
- When was Alon most popular?
- Alon peaked in 2022, when 33 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,360 in 1975.
- How many people are named Alon?
- 1,212 babies have been named Alon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,157 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Alon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alon was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.