Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

London*

#559 most common girls' name of all time · #1,039 across all names · 19% boys / 81% girls · used 1886–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#559
Rank overall
#1,039 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
54,779
Since 2016
16,614
Peak year
2013 #85
Best rank
#85 2013
Girls Boys peak 3,879/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

London first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 719 144 863 #431
2024 876 168 1,044 #355
2023 989 206 1,195 #314
2022 1,074 222 1,296 #297
2021 1,360 212 1,572 #217
2020 1,497 263 1,760 #193
2019 1,731 273 2,004 #167
2018 1,648 276 1,924 #180
2017 1,973 275 2,248 #151
2016 2,357 351 2,708 #131
2015 2,922 448 3,370 #105
2014 3,290 436 3,726 #93
2013 3,462 417 3,879 #85
2012 3,202 485 3,687 #94
2011 3,168 451 3,619 #94
2010 2,872 511 3,383 #109
2009 2,632 520 3,152 #122
2008 2,160 478 2,638 #156
2007 1,196 364 1,560 #284
2006 944 366 1,310 #351
2005 538 304 842 #537
2004 411 202 613 #667
2003 314 191 505 #784
2002 278 187 465 #836
2001 270 185 455 #848
2000 271 174 445 #829
1999 230 122 352 #920
1998 194 110 304 #1,025
1997 188 123 311 #1,022
1996 183 118 301 #1,021
1995 153 96 249 #1,146
1994 189 106 295 #979
1993 132 108 240 #1,285
1992 141 96 237 #1,232
1991 127 114 241 #1,307
1990 113 96 209 #1,400
1989 86 95 181 #1,617
1988 71 72 143 #1,772
1987 66 47 113 #1,779
1986 52 37 89 #2,054
1985 32 28 60 #2,870
1984 25 33 58 #3,343
1983 27 27 54 #3,073
1982 15 19 34 #4,741
1981 23 17 40 #3,544
1980 15 20 35 #4,762
1979 13 14 27 #5,121
1978 17 13 30 #4,098
1977 23 22 45 #3,285
1976 21 14 35 #3,302
1975 9 19 28 #6,018
1974 14 14 28 #4,244
1973 16 20 36 #3,807
1972 15 26 41 #3,921
1971 13 37 50 #4,331
1970 20 23 43 #3,218
1969 21 32 53 #2,933
1968 18 29 47 #3,080
1967 12 22 34 #3,872
1966 11 28 39 #3,992
1965 5 15 20 #6,616
1964 5 15 20 #6,844
1963 6 9 15 #5,969
1962 — 13 13 —
1961 — 10 10 —
1960 — 7 7 —
1959 — 8 8 —
1958 — 7 7 —
1957 — 6 6 —
1956 — 6 6 —
1955 — 7 7 —
1954 — 6 6 —
1953 — 11 11 —
1952 — 11 11 —
1950 — 8 8 —
1949 — 10 10 —
1948 — 7 7 —
1947 — 8 8 —
1946 — 7 7 —
1945 — 8 8 —
1944 — 7 7 —
1943 — 7 7 —
1941 — 11 11 —
1939 — 7 7 —
1938 — 5 5 —
1935 — 6 6 —
1934 — 5 5 —
1933 — 8 8 —
1930 — 9 9 —
1929 — 8 8 —
1928 — 7 7 —
1927 — 12 12 —
1926 — 7 7 —
1925 — 12 12 —
1924 — 6 6 —
1923 — 11 11 —
1922 — 7 7 —
1921 — 6 6 —
1920 — 8 8 —
1919 — 16 16 —
1918 — 13 13 —
1917 — 15 15 —
1916 — 6 6 —
1915 — 10 10 —
1913 — 5 5 —
1912 — 5 5 —
1909 — 5 5 —
1900 — 5 5 —
1888 — 5 5 —
1886 — 5 5 —