Alon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Alon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “oak tree”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Alon mean?
Hebrew
“oak tree”
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Elon.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alon a girl's or a boy's name?
Alon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
Alon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Alon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Alon, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Alon than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Alon in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,712 boys in the US were given Alon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #149, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Alon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
Names like Alon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaron Ethan Adam Asher Noah Mason Nathan Austin Caleb Axel Ali Hudson
Other spellings of Alon
Names related to Alon
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alon, updated 20 October 2026.