NameTides

London

London was the #431 girls' name in the US in 2025 (719 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

London as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
London as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
London as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#431 (719)#3,333 (7)#1,106 (24)
2024#355 (876)#2,254 (12)#822 (35)
2023#312 (989)#3,599 (6)#541 (54)
2022#297 (1,074)#1,948 (14)#575 (49)
2021#217 (1,360)#2,073 (13)#560 (53)
2020#193 (1,497)#3,117 (7)#498 (59)
2019#167 (1,731)#2,458 (10)#476 (68)
2018#180 (1,648)#3,178 (7)#494 (63)
2017#151 (1,973)#4,063 (5)#435 (75)
2016#131 (2,357)#2,547 (10)#378 (92)
2015#105 (2,922)#2,945 (8)#283 (118)
2014#93 (3,290)#2,203 (12)#268 (123)
2013#85 (3,462)#1,484 (21)#339 (96)
2012#94 (3,202)#1,525 (20)#308 (105)
2011#94 (3,168)#1,903 (14)#421 (76)

London as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
London as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
London as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,333 (144)#3,256 (6)#2,269 (8)
2024#1,205 (168)#4,271 (4)#1,432 (15)
2023#1,053 (206)#3,524 (5)#1,234 (17)
2022#1,002 (222)#4,790 (3)#989 (23)
2021#1,031 (212)#2,730 (7)#946 (25)
2020#861 (263)#2,404 (8)#1,176 (18)
2019#826 (273)#2,728 (7)#1,065 (20)
2018#814 (276)#3,412 (5)#1,175 (17)
2017#818 (275)#2,734 (7)#971 (23)
2016#704 (351)#4,023 (4)#865 (27)
2015#606 (448)#3,373 (5)#706 (36)
2014#612 (436)#2,690 (7)#736 (33)
2013#606 (417)#3,315 (5)#547 (49)
2012#541 (485)#1,756 (13)#862 (26)
2011#562 (451)#3,300 (5)#1,038 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #85.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.
  • In 2025, 83% of US babies named London were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, London is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

London by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #293MINew York: #428NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #377INOhio: #473OHPennsylvania: #576PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #565CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #584CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #297NCSouth Carolina: #294SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #254LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #364GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #448TXFlorida: #312FL
London (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

London (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LondonCanadaGirls#1,10624
LondonCanadaBoys#2,2698
LondonEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
LondonEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
LondonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LondonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LondonUSGirls#431719
LondonUSBoys#1,333144