Landon
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births · #127 for boys in 2025, 2,840 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 10,483 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 21 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 186,603since 1882
Landon over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 | #127 | 2,840 |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | #106 | 3,324 |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | #96 | 3,655 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 | #86 | 4,032 |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | #73 | 4,606 |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | #69 | 4,783 |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | #63 | 5,512 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | #61 | 5,860 |
| 2017 | #2,664 | 65 | #57 | 6,358 |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | #53 | 7,046 |
| 2015 | #4,403 | 32 | #46 | 7,948 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | #43 | 8,249 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #39 | 8,752 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #35 | 9,356 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | #34 | 9,761 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #33 | 10,483 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #36 | 10,169 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | #45 | 9,361 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #49 | 9,103 |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | #50 | 9,574 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #61 | 7,110 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | #86 | 5,042 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #97 | 4,412 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | #142 | 2,722 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #194 | 1,881 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #200 | 1,758 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #196 | 1,715 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #202 | 1,644 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #203 | 1,545 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #216 | 1,396 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #238 | 1,224 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | #249 | 1,157 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | #255 | 1,120 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #276 | 1,036 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #285 | 913 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #326 | 760 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #319 | 752 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #311 | 724 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #319 | 658 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #321 | 631 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #327 | 605 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #328 | 574 |
| 1983 | — | #327 | 580 | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #332 | 574 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #356 | 493 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #424 | 375 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #402 | 391 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #476 | 293 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #515 | 255 |
| 1976 | — | #543 | 219 | |
| 1975 | — | #554 | 212 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #712 | 133 |
| 1973 | — | #879 | 82 | |
| 1972 | — | #752 | 111 | |
| 1971 | — | #782 | 108 | |
| 1970 | — | #791 | 108 | |
| 1969 | — | #747 | 110 | |
| 1968 | — | #869 | 69 | |
| 1967 | — | #885 | 66 | |
| 1966 | — | #901 | 64 | |
| 1965 | — | #866 | 72 | |
| 1964 | — | #929 | 67 | |
| 1963 | — | #921 | 66 | |
| 1962 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,001 | 60 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,115 | 49 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,337 | 34 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,345 | 33 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,278 | 37 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,503 | 26 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,357 | 31 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,152 | 41 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,297 | 32 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,299 | 29 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,120 | 35 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,085 | 35 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,171 | 31 | |
| 1937 | — | #793 | 60 | |
| 1936 | — | #422 | 174 | |
| 1935 | — | #930 | 46 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,644 | 18 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,141 | 35 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,116 | 39 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,312 | 29 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,165 | 37 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,169 | 38 | |
| 1923 | — | #992 | 49 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,069 | 43 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,058 | 37 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,241 | 28 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Landon! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Landon is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#82 · 1 in 337
- North Dakota#111 · 1 in 557
- South Dakota#126 · 1 in 677
- Montana#138 · 1 in 704
- Tennessee#158 · 1 in 1,040
Best ever in a state: #2 in Louisiana, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #82 | 47 | 1 in 337 |
| North Dakota | #111 | 9 | 1 in 557 |
| South Dakota | #126 | 7 | 1 in 677 |
| Montana | #138 | 7 | 1 in 704 |
| Tennessee | #158 | 31 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Kentucky | #166 | 17 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Kansas | #168 | 15 | 1 in 1,103 |
| Oklahoma | #178 | 18 | 1 in 1,155 |
| Arkansas | #182 | 12 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Indiana | #186 | 23 | 1 in 1,606 |
| Missouri | #191 | 22 | 1 in 1,625 |
| Mississippi | #194 | 15 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Alabama | #200 | 20 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Colorado | #203 | 16 | 1 in 1,535 |
| Louisiana | #217 | 27 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Minnesota | #260 | 9 | 1 in 3,388 |
| North Carolina | #273 | 19 | 1 in 2,185 |
| South Carolina | #275 | 11 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Oregon | #276 | 7 | 1 in 2,535 |
| Texas | #286 | 73 | 1 in 1,965 |
| Arizona | #287 | 13 | 1 in 2,183 |
| Iowa | #289 | 5 | 1 in 3,541 |
| New Mexico | #291 | 6 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Virginia | #303 | 14 | 1 in 2,816 |
| Ohio | #309 | 19 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Georgia | #316 | 17 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Washington | #323 | 10 | 1 in 3,172 |
| Wisconsin | #351 | 7 | 1 in 4,629 |
| California | #381 | 66 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Illinois | #430 | 19 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Maryland | #439 | 5 | 1 in 5,821 |
| Michigan | #443 | 11 | 1 in 5,876 |
| Pennsylvania | #451 | 11 | 1 in 7,054 |
| Florida | #506 | 14 | 1 in 5,681 |
| New York | #830 | 9 | 1 in 13,960 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Landon
- 21 spots since 2024 (#106 → #127)
- 58 spots since 2020 (#69 → #127)
- 81 spots since 2015 (#46 → #127)
- Biggest jump: 678 spots in 1935 (#1,608 → #930)
- Biggest drop: 638 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,589)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2010 at #33 (10,483 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 21 yrs · run 2003–2023
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1962–2025
- Highest: 1 in 183 boys born in 2010 were named Landon (0.55%)
- Latest: 1 in 601 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
- 42.5% of all boys named Landon (79,325) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #752 (1887) | #855 |
| 1890s | 42 | #748 (1892) | #885 |
| 1900s | 47 | #783 (1903) | #1,100 |
| 1910s | 223 | #1,019 (1914) | #1,313 |
| 1920s | 357 | #992 (1923) | #1,244 |
| 1930s | 477 | #422 (1936) | #1,150 |
| 1940s | 318 | #1,007 (1940) | #1,239 |
| 1950s | 337 | #1,139 (1950) | #1,313 |
| 1960s | 682 | #747 (1969) | #923 |
| 1970s | 1,912 | #402 (1979) | #641 |
| 1980s | 5,966 | #311 (1988) | #336 |
| 1990s | 12,510 | #196 (1999) | #245 |
| 2000s | 61,132 | #36 (2009) | #96 |
| 2010s | 79,325 | #33 (2010) | #46 |
| 2020s | 23,240 | #69 (2020) | #93 |
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.
Landon in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 108,665 of them was named Landon, which outranked 63.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,660Velia17
- #4,660Winifred17
- #4,660Zaira17
- #4,857Landon16
- #4,857Abena16
- #4,857Adrain16
- #4,857Adrielle16
- #5,074Adelita15
- #5,074Adia15
- #5,074Alessia15
Tied with 216 names at #4,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,837 of them was named Landon, which outranked 96.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).