Fallon
Meaning
“Irish surname meaning leader, one in charge”
The story
Fallon comes from an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Fallamháin, from the given name Fallamhán meaning "leader", and Behind the Name dates its first-name career to a specific place: popularized in the 1980s by a character on the soap opera Dynasty. The record moves with that dating: about 3,376 girls in the 1980s, the show's own decade, about 1,971 in the 1990s, about 1,732 in the 2000s, then a second wind, about 2,289 in the 2010s and about 2,266 so far this decade. A small boys' line runs alongside, in the tens and low hundreds. An Irish word for a leader, a television dynasty in the middle, and a name whose second act is running neck and neck with its first.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Fallon peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
When you meet Fallon
Most people given the name Fallon in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Fallon deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Fallon truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Fallon fits with your family’s names and surname.
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