Given name & surname
Fallon
“a commanding woman”·“a ruler”
Fallon is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a commanding woman” (Irish) and “a ruler” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a commanding woman” (Irish) and “a ruler” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
From Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fallon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,253
- 619 boys · 11,634 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 618 babies
- 2025
- 364
- #779 for girls · #5,943 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +44%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 8% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 349 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 779 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 52.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 611 in 1982. It also appeared in 15 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,969 as a first name in 2020; 11,367 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fallon’s family of names
Fallon has a related form in Falon. Fallon has a related form in Falyn. Fallon has a related form in Fallyn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fallon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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