How Many People Are Named Falcon?
An estimated 509 people in the United States have the first name Falcon. It is predominantly male (95.5%). The average bearer is 16 years old, and Falcon peaked in popularity in 2020 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Falcon as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Falcon paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
509
About 1 in 673,388 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
95.5% confidence
Average Age
16
years old
Peak Year
2020
29 births
Total Registered
516
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Falcon
Falcon is predominantly male (95.5%), though 23 female births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Falcon as a male name
Ranked #4,920 in 2024
20 male births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (29 births)
Falcon as a female name
Ranked #13,359 in 2016
7 female births in 2016
Peak: 2016 (7 births)
Falcon: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Falcon span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 217 babies were registered. While Falcon is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Falcon by Decade
How has Falcon tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Falcon by State
Falcon + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Falcon as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Falcon
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Falcon: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Falcon?
We estimate approximately 509 people named Falcon are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 673,388 Americans share this first name.
Is Falcon a common name?
Falcon is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 516 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Falcon most popular?
Falcon reached peak popularity in 2020, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Falcon is approximately 16 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Falcon a male name?
Falcon is predominantly male. 95.5% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Falcon Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Falcon Smith, Falcon Johnson, Falcon Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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