Long
Boy · LONG · Chinese
Long is a boys' name of Chinese origin, meaning “dragon”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Long mean?
Chinese: Chinese long, dragon; also a common Vietnamese given name
“dragon”
In Chinese and Vietnamese culture the dragon is a symbol of power, strength and good fortune.
- Say it
- LONG
Is Long a girl's or a boy's name?
Long 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 Long 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 9 boys.
Long in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Long in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Long, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 133 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Long than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Long in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Long in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 84 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,279 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 51 | #1,729 |
| 1993 | 66 | #1,426 |
| 1992 | 59 | #1,505 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,693 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 133 | #818 |
| 1987 | 55 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,143 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,241 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,109 |
| 1983 | 80 | #987 |
| 1982 | 85 | #977 |
| 1981 | 71 | #1,077 |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
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