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Alon

#5,215 in 2025Boys' name

Oak tree

Alon has been given to 1,212 babies in the U.S. since 1926. In 2025 it ranked #5,215 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 33 recorded.

Babies named Alon, 2025

1 in 184,000

Alon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alon: meaning, origin, and history

Oak tree

Hebrew

What Alon means

Alon means “oak tree”, associated with alon.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hebrew אַלּוֹן (alon, “oak tree”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Alon; this surname is predominantly found in Bangsamoro region.

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Origin, language, and formation

Alon is used in English and Welsh. Its origins include Hebrew.

Alon comes through Hebrew אַלּוֹן and Tagalog Alon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Alon is pronounced /ˈalɔn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,188 boys were recorded with the name Alon between 1926 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,362 in 1975.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,428 in 2020 to #5,215 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,685 in 2015 to #5,215 in 2025.

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Alon between 1989 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1989; its best national rank was #10,898 in 1989.

How common is Alon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,215
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alon was born before 2000 — so the typical Alon is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
20.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,173
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2000s — 20.2% of all recorded uses (240).

Is Alon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−646
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−787
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,470
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
54.5%
Peak was 2022 (33)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,362
1975

Spellings of Alon

Alon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 19.3% against Alon's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Alon is used

Across 1910–2025, Alon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 141,822 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alon around the world

Where Alon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024
  • France
    1990–2025
    #3,075
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Alon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,215
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 787
Best rank ever
#2,362
1975
Peak year
2022
33 that year
First recorded
1926
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,188
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,898
1989
Peak year
1989
6 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
24
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Alon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Alon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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