Falcon
Boy · FAL-kun · English
Falcon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “falcon”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Falcon mean?
English: English word, via Latin falco
“falcon”
From the English word for the swift bird of prey, via Latin falco.
- Say it
- FAL-kun
Is Falcon a girl's or a boy's name?
Falcon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Falcon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Falcon, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer boys named Falcon than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Falcon in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Falcon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
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