How rare is the name Fallon?

8,969 people in the United States have the first name Fallon, about 1 in 33,675. It ranks #2,641 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FALLON

#2,641

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,969
About
1 in 33,675
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,969 people named Fallon, 70.4% reported their origin as White, 15.2% as Black and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fallon peaked in 1982, when 618 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
618
In 2025*
364 ▼41%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,253 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Fallon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,049. The largest share of babies named Fallon, 39.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#1,0493,396
1990s#1,7002,004
2000s#2,1611,856
2010s#1,8622,579
2020s#1,3752,413
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–9639.4%
Generation Z 1997–1225.4%
2013 and later35.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Fallon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fallon has been most common in Louisiana (2.1×), Florida (2×), and Texas (1.5×), and least common in Minnesota (0.29×).

9,243 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Fallon

#2,639 Kenton · 8,996#2,640 Eleazar · 8,971#2,642 Reinaldo · 8,958#2,643 Kia · 8,949

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fallon, most common first.

#8,420 Falon · 1,722#11,206 Fallyn · 1,158#42,079 Fallan · 172#48,328 Fallen · 132

Also a last name

As a last name, Fallon ranks #3,085 of 156,621, with 11,367 people. See Fallon as a last name

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