How rare is the name Long?

11,343 people in the United States have the first name Long, about 1 in 26,627. It ranks #2,280 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LONG

#2,280

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,343
About
1 in 26,627
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,343 people named Long, 95.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.3% as White. 94.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Long peaked in 1988, when 133 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
133
In 2025*
5 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,909 babies have been given the name since 1975. 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.

Long by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,668. The largest share of babies named Long, 53.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#6,536146
1980s#2,668731
1990s#4,441470
2000s#7,491306
2010s#11,117187
2020s#14,80669
Generation X 1965–8011.2%
Millennials 1981–9653.9%
Generation Z 1997–1227%
2013 and later8%

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.

Either side of Long

#2,278 Blanche · 11,370#2,279 Khalid · 11,363#2,281 Chi · 11,341#2,282 Wilfred · 11,337

Also a last name

As a last name, Long ranks #100 of 156,621, with 223,485 people. See Long as a last name

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