Given name & surname
Loudon
“one who is enthusiastic”
Loudon is a variant of Louden. One American interpretation is “one who is enthusiastic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loudon is a variant of Louden. One American interpretation is “one who is enthusiastic.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Loudon is a variant of Louden. An origin associated with Louden is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loudon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 109 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 1,597 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Loudon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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