Fallon

What Fallon means

Means “descendant of Fallamhan”

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Fallon” (revision 90055044), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Fallon?

US: Rising: up from #1126 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1362 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1982, when 611 girls got the name (#376 that year). First in the US records in 1981.

How common

• About 1 in 4,605 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,449 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.77 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.59 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Fallon is #778 in the US and #997 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.9% of US babies named Fallon were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Fallyn33 US
• Falynn23 US
• Falyn16 US
• Faelyn16 US
• Faelan9 US
• Falon7 US
• Vallen7 US
• Faylin5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Fallon

Girls

• Murphy#397“descendant of Murrough”^*
• Blake#295“black”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Darcy#857“to burn, consume”^*
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*

For a brother

• Ridge#529From the word “ridge”^*
• Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”^*
• Wells#345“spring”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Houston#675“Hugh s town”^*
• Wallace#960“foreign”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Fallon’s. Rank is US 2025.