Falon
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAL-un
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Falon is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “leader”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Falon mean?
Irish: spelling of Fallon, from Irish Ó Fallamhain
“leader”
Fallon Carrington is a leading character in the 1980s TV soap opera Dynasty.
Is Falon a girl's or a boy's name?
Falon is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Falon in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 girls.
Falon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Falon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Falon, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1983, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had the fewest girls named Falon since it first appeared, in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Falon in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 428 girls in the US were given Falon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #672, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
In 2015, 88% of the babies named Falon in the US were girls.
Falon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,859 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 95 | #1,360 |
| 1985 | 99 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 163 | #914 |
| 1983 | 182 | #842 |
| 1982 | 165 | #914 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
Names like Falon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Fallon Aoibheann Caoimhe Teagan Cassidy Eden Raegan Eireann Kiara Bree Quinn
Other spellings of Falon
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Falon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/falon, updated 20 October 2026.