Fun Facts About the Name Falon
- More than 2 thousand babies named Falon: U.S. records list 2,065 babies given the name Falon from 1880 through 2025. Even 83 boys received the name Falon - about 1 boy for every 24 girls.
What Does the Name Falon Mean?
Falon is a rare spelling of Fallon, a name of Irish origin usually given the meaning "leader" or "ruler." It comes from the Irish surname Ó Fallamhain, which means "descendant of Fallamhan." Fallamhan is a personal name formed from the Irish word follamh, "ruler" or "leader," so the literal sense is a leading or ruling person rather than a comment on someone's character. The spelling Falon is phonetic: it keeps the same source, pronunciation, and meaning as Fallon, and is best understood as a respelling rather than a name with its own separate root.
Falon Name History & Origins
The name behind Falon is the Irish surname Fallon, an anglicized form of Ó Fallamhain. That family belonged to the Irish midlands, in the area around Athlone on the border of Counties Roscommon and Westmeath, where the surname has long been established. Like many Irish surnames, it was carried to Britain and North America by emigration, and in the English-speaking world surnames of this kind were often converted into first names.
In the United States, Irish family names were commonly taken as given names, and Fallon followed that pattern, used mainly for girls. The name reached a wide audience in the 1980s through the character Fallon Carrington on the television series Dynasty, which first aired in 1981; this is a well-known fictional use, not the source of the name. Falon is one of several variant spellings of Fallon and shares that name's history, appearing chiefly in the United States.
How Popular is the Name Falon?
Falon recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1983. Its best rank was #843 in 1983.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,322 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #10,507 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #10,576 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,192 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #8,174 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #6,425 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #6,252 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #6,618 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,621 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #6,249 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #4,095 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #6,280 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #5,374 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #4,243 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #5,262 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2010 | #5,845 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #5,270 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #4,300 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #4,999 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #5,431 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #5,326 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #5,630 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #4,583 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #3,836 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #3,574 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #3,086 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #3,527 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #3,757 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #4,049 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #2,863 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1995 | #2,373 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1994 | #3,251 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1993 | #2,649 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1992 | #2,408 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1991 | #2,395 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 1990 | #2,412 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 1989 | #2,424 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1988 | #1,872 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 1987 | #1,796 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1986 | #1,361 | 95 | 0.0055% |
| 1985 | #1,334 | 99 | 0.0058% |
| 1984 | #914 | 163 | 0.0097% |
| 1983 | #843 | 182 | 0.0109% |
| 1982 | #915 | 165 | 0.0097% |
| 1981 | #1,968 | 54 | 0.0032% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | #12,823 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #12,667 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #7,187 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #10,055 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #9,967 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #12,875 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #8,520 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #10,215 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,503 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #9,277 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #8,856 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #6,643 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,879 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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