Langston

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #999 for boys in 2025, 227 births
Given to boys 95.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#652
2016 · 405 births
Debut · boys
1912
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,319
since 1912

Langston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Langston has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #652, 2016boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#999227
2024#13,4776#909257
2023#10,3129#890261
2022#10,3839#788320
2021#13,4646#742343
2020#10,2509#694367
2019#8,59712#677379
2018#7,10016#682359
2017#7,09216#677375
2016#6,18620#652405
2015#6,45219#687365
2014#5,45624#747317
2013#4,24334#955209
2012#5,55724#1,095170
2011#4,56831#1,063177
2010#4,86029#1,068180
2009#4,80530#1,078172
2008#5,43426#1,024187
2007#9,53912#1,237142
2006#15,1526#1,52698
2005—#1,354111
2004—#1,54286
2003—#1,39196
2002—#1,44788
2001—#1,48182
2000—#1,62972
1999—#1,62466
1998—#1,58566
1997—#1,46873
1996—#2,01743
1995—#1,46766
1994—#1,66454
1993—#1,66253
1992—#1,54657
1991—#1,79844
1990—#1,90940
1989—#2,35928
1988—#2,03531
1987—#2,83818
1986—#2,51021
1985—#2,94216
1984—#2,36421
1983—#2,78716
1982—#1,89029
1981—#1,89929
1980—#2,72917
1979—#2,77716
1978—#3,8579
1977—#2,27020
1976—#4,0128
1975—#3,6599
1974—#2,35817
1973—#3,01311
1972—#1,81924
1971—#2,12619
1970—#2,73912
1969—#2,41513
1968—#2,9079
1967—#3,9665
1966—#3,9485
1965—#2,61710
1964—#3,0508
1963—#2,53911
1962—#3,6406
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,04216
1959—#3,2907
1958—#2,02616
1957—#3,5526
1956—#2,7989
1955—#2,43511
1954—#2,7439
1953—#3,1437
1952—#2,15313
1951—#3,0667
1950—#2,5809
1949—#1,75418
1948—#1,75818
1947—#1,69620
1946—#1,94914
1945—#1,77215
1944—#1,73816
1943—#2,18212
1942—#2,5239
1941—#2,8727
1940—#3,1306
1939—#2,28810
1938—#2,4799
1937—#2,9057
1936——
1935—#1,75716
1934—#1,93214
1933—#2,7388
1932—#2,6389
1931—#3,7635
1930—#2,7819
1929—#2,45211
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1926—#2,18614
1925—#2,9369
1924—#3,2608
1923—#3,1758
1922—#3,2528
1921—#3,8696
1920—#2,23114
1919—#3,7366
1918—#2,54311
1917—#2,42311
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1915—#3,8255
1914—#3,2645
1913—#1,67611
1912—#2,2696
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Langston! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 90 spots since 2024 (#909 → #999)
  • 305 spots since 2020 (#694 → #999)
  • 312 spots since 2015 (#687 → #999)
  • Biggest jump: 208 spots in 2014 (#955 → #747)
  • Biggest drop: 102 spots in 2023 (#788 → #890)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2016 at #652 (405 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,686
  • Highest: 1 in 4,686 boys born in 2016 were named Langston (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,525 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.1% of all boys named Langston (2,936) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s55#1,676 (1913)#2,819
1920s78#2,186 (1926)#2,920
1930s87#1,757 (1935)#2,587
1940s135#1,696 (1947)#2,137
1950s94#2,026 (1958)#2,779
1960s92#2,042 (1960)#3,002
1970s145#1,819 (1972)#2,863
1980s226#1,890 (1982)#2,435
1990s562#1,467 (1995)#1,674
2000s1,134#1,024 (2008)#1,371
2010s2,936#652 (2016)#830
2020s1,775#694 (2020)#837

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Langston in 2015

girls
#6,452
19 births · 1 in 93,953 girls
boys
#687
365 births · 1 in 5,251 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #6,452Langston19

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #687Langston365
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 93,953 of them was named Langston, which outranked 66.3% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Langston
  1. #6,236Zoraya20
  2. #6,236Zunairah20
  3. #6,236Zuzu20
  4. #6,452Langston19
  5. #6,452Aairah19
  6. #6,452Abbagail19
  7. #6,452Abbygale19
  8. #6,721Aberdeen18
  9. #6,721Abi18
  10. #6,721Adaliah18

Tied with 268 names at #6,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 5,251 of them was named Langston, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Langston
  1. #683Casen370
  2. #685Callum369
  3. #686Kamari367
  4. #687Langston365
  5. #687Callan365
  6. #687Elian365
  7. #687Melvin365
  8. #694Branson363
  9. #695Flynn362
  10. #695Kyree362

Tied with 6 names at #687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →