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London
Pronounced /ˈlʌn.dən/
Rank in 2024
#355
Born in 2024
872
Peak year
2013 · #85
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:167 in 2024 (#1,208)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 872 girls were named London, about 1 in every 1,850.
- It peaked in 2013 with 3,462 babies, ranked #85.
- It first shows up in the records in 1963.
- 43,716 girls have been named London since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named London per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 243 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,435 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 18,867 babies, 0.65 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 23,160 babies, 1.14 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈlʌn.dən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for London, CC BY-SA 4.0.