London

What London means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for London yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #105 in 2015, #431 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is London?

US: Falling: down from #105 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2945 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2013, when 3,462 girls got the name (#85 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 2,235 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 36,183 baby girls in England and Wales 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 DE (2.66 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.24 per 1,000 girls), LA (1.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

London is #431 in the US and #3333 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.3% of US babies named London were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Londyn799 US · 3 E&W
• Londynn113 US
• Linden81 US
• Landyn38 US
• Lynden35 US
• Landon28 US
• Lyndon16 US
• Lundyn11 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 London

Girls

• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Dakota#295“ally”^*
• Savannah#135From the word “savannah”^*
• Aubrey#146“elf, fairy + king, ruler”^*
• Khloe#272Variant of Chloe, meaning “young green shoot”^*

For a brother

• Dallas#238“dweller at the house in the dale”^*
• Eli#104“ascent”^*
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like London’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.