Names / Boy names
Long
Current rank
#13,152
holding steady
All-time peak
#821
in 1988
First recorded
1975
in U.S. data
Children named
1,900
since 1975
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #821 in 1988 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Long was first recorded in American naming records in 1975, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Its strongest year was 1988, at #821 nationally. Across all years, more than 1,900 children have been named this.