Fallon
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Fallon is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of the ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 848th for girls in the UK (45 babies) and 778th for girls in the US (349 babies).
What does Fallon mean?
Irish: anglicized form of the surname Ó Fallamhain
“descendant of the ruler”
From an Irish surname, an anglicized form of Ó Fallamhain.
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- FAL-un
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Is Fallon a girl's or a boy's name?
Fallon is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls in the UK and 349 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Fallon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #848among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the UK were named Fallon, making it the 848th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 974th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 64 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Fallon than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Fallon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales, 387th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Fallon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #848 |
| 2024 | 53 | #771 |
| 2023 | 64 | #637 |
| 2022 | 53 | #751 |
| 2021 | 56 | #734 |
| 2020 | 38 | #974 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 36 | #1,050 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 47 | #844 |
| 2010 | 40 | #936 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 34 | #963 |
| 2006 | 33 | #955 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 36 | #834 |
| 2003 | 33 | #863 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Fallon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 349about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 349 girls in the US were named Fallon, making it the 778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 864th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 611 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981. 15 boys were also named Fallon in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Fallon than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Fallon in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 428 girls in the US were given Fallon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #672, up from #778 for this spelling alone.
Fallon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349 | #778 |
| 2024 | 382 | #737 |
| 2023 | 422 | #688 |
| 2022 | 409 | #715 |
| 2021 | 393 | #727 |
| 2020 | 311 | #864 |
| 2019 | 274 | #960 |
| 2018 | 237 | #1,071 |
| 2017 | 219 | #1,131 |
| 2016 | 243 | #1,074 |
| 2015 | 226 | #1,126 |
| 2014 | 252 | #1,030 |
| 2013 | 234 | #1,062 |
| 2012 | 207 | #1,188 |
| 2011 | 202 | #1,189 |
| 2010 | 195 | #1,234 |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,307 |
| 2008 | 193 | #1,286 |
| 2007 | 218 | #1,166 |
| 2006 | 187 | #1,278 |
| 2005 | 153 | #1,400 |
| 2004 | 159 | #1,337 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,307 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | 171 | #1,192 |
| 2000 | 165 | #1,201 |
| 1999 | 178 | #1,112 |
| 1998 | 186 | #1,054 |
| 1997 | 188 | #1,021 |
| 1996 | 176 | #1,047 |
| 1995 | 203 | #923 |
| 1994 | 186 | #993 |
| 1993 | 219 | #880 |
| 1992 | 237 | #837 |
| 1991 | 191 | #979 |
| 1990 | 207 | #919 |
| 1989 | 218 | #849 |
| 1988 | 222 | #819 |
| 1987 | 254 | #714 |
| 1986 | 396 | #521 |
| 1985 | 405 | #501 |
| 1984 | 452 | #462 |
| 1983 | 586 | #380 |
| 1982 | 611 | #376 |
| 1981 | 232 | #715 |
Names like Fallon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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