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Fallon

#779 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Descendant of Fallamhan

Fallon has been given to 12,253 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #779 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1982, with 611 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Fallon, 2025

1 in 9,500

Fallon over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Fallon over time

In 2025, Fallon went to 96% girls and 4% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Fallon: meaning, origin, and history

Descendant of Fallamhan

surname transfer

What Fallon means

Fallon means “descendant of Fallamhan”, associated with Fallamhain.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

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

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Fallon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Fallon is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Fallon comes through Irish Ó Fallamhain.

Fallon is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ó Fallamhain.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Fallon is pronounced /ˈfælən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,634 girls were recorded with the name Fallon between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 611 in 1982; its best national rank was #376 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #865 in 2020 to #779 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,126 in 2015 to #779 in 2025.

In the United States, 619 boys were recorded with the name Fallon between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,101 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,515 in 2020 to #5,940 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,101 in 2015 to #5,940 in 2025.

How common is Fallon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,500
349 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,610
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#779
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,585 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Fallon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,585 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fallon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fallons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fallon was born before 2002 — so the typical Fallon is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
29.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,634
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 29.0% of all recorded uses (3,376).

Is Fallon 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
−41
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+86
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+347
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.54×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.1%
Peak was 1982 (611)
Years since peak
43
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#376
1982

Spellings of Fallon

Fallon is the most-used spelling, taking 45.2% of the 25,753 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Fallon is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Fallon was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 1,923 girls, against 1 in 4,751 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 12,500).

852 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 1,923
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 2,632
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 2,857
  4. 4Iowa1 in 2,941
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 2,941
  6. 6Alabama1 in 3,030
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 3,125
  8. 8Kansas1 in 3,226

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Geographically, Fallon is used remarkably evenly across the country — more concentrated than 19% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Fallon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Fallon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,564,992 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 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. Fallon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Fallon around the world

Where Fallon 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
    1996–2025
    #997
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1984–2025
    #387
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2020–2025
    #397
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1983–2025
    #483
    in 2025
  • France
    1984–2025
    #3,379
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #726
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2012
    #871
    in 2012

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

Notable people named Fallon

People whose public names include Fallon, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Fallon by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#779
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 86
Best rank ever
#376
1982
Peak year
1982
611 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,634
Count in 2025
349

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,940
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,425
Best rank ever
#3,101
2015
Peak year
2015
37 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
619
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Fallon

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

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Names with a curve like Fallon

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Fallon, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SantanaMarielYuriAmbarEchoKaceyElyseAshlyAmberlyRyanChanelAlyse

Sibling names for Fallon

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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