Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

London

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Fortress Of The Moon
Place name for the capital of the United Kingdom

Syllables

2

Pronunciation

l(o)-ndon, lon-don

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2009 (rank #519, 519 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1333, 144 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #85, 3,448 births); most recent 2025 (rank #431, 719 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025144719
2024167872
2023206987
20222221,071
20212111,357
20202631,496
20192731,728
20182751,648
20172751,973
20163512,356

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #1756, 13 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3239, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #1484, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202567
2024412
202356
2022314
2021713
202087
2019710
201857
201775
2016410

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #2230, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202311
20226
20213
20204
2019–
20183
20177
2016–
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #399, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #581, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #138, 25 births); most recent 2023 (rank #223, 14 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023514
2022–9
2021519
2020–12
2019–16
2018914
2017–17
2016522
2015–25
2014525

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence