Quick answers about Lon
How many people are named Lon?
An estimated 4,865 living Americans are named Lon.
How rare is Lon?
Lon fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Lon?
The median age of a living American named Lon is approximately 64 years, with most bearers falling between 55 and 72 years old.
Is Lon still popular?
Not especially. Lon has been declining since its 1948 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Lon most common?
Lon has its strongest geographic signal in Tennessee, where it appears 5.1× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19482025
Where it lives now
Lon is most concentrated in Minnesota — about 3.6× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Lon is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
3×+
2×+
1.5×+
1.2×+
~ national
