London Girl
How popular is London?
#431 girl name in 2025
719 baby girls were named London in the US in 2025, making it the 431st most popular girl name. Another 144 boys got the name (#1,333 for boys).
London popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #431 for girls (▼ 76 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 719 girls, 144 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #105 in 2015, #193 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (3,462 girls) |
| Highest rank | #85 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 14% boys, 86% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
London counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the London family of names ranked #205 for girls in 2025 (#173 the year before), with 1,631 babies in all.
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 London is most popular
Babies named London per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.6 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.5 per 1,000 (128 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.3 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.3 per 1,000 (121 girls)
- Georgia: 1.2 per 1,000 (275 girls)
London by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78 | #2,916 |
| 1970s | 161 | #3,208 |
| 1980s | 412 | #1,611 |
| 1990s | 1,650 | #917 |
| 2000s | 9,014 | #122 |
| 2010s | 26,625 | #85 |
| 2020s | 6,515 | #193 |
Girl names about as popular as London
Questions
- Is London a boy or girl name?
- London is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 86% of babies named London were girls.
- How popular is the name London?
- 719 baby girls were named London in the US in 2025, making it the 431st most popular girl name. Another 144 boys got the name (#1,333 for boys).
- When was London most popular?
- London peaked in 2013, when 3,462 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #85 in 2013.
- How many people are named London?
- 54,779 babies have been named London in the US since 1880. We estimate about 54,032 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is London most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, London was most common in Mississippi, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls 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.