Lang
- Last seen for girls in 1985 at #9,307
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 549since 1918
Lang over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lang has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Lang! It came in at #3,368, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lang is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lang in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lang
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1948 at #2,443 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 123,389
- Highest: 1 in 123,389 boys born in 1926 were named Lang (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,443 in 1948, was only 1 in 175,462 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 18.9% of all boys named Lang (104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,368 (1918) | #3,552 |
| 1920s | 27 | #2,904 (1926) | #3,638 |
| 1930s | 21 | #3,252 (1935) | #3,577 |
| 1940s | 39 | #2,443 (1948) | #3,156 |
| 1950s | 50 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,145 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,535 (1960) | #3,163 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,891 (1970) | #3,959 |
| 1980s | 104 | #3,459 (1984) | #4,063 |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,787 |
| 2000s | 23 | #7,831 (2003) | #11,311 |
| 2010s | 38 | #8,146 (2016) | #10,572 |
| 2020s | 23 | #8,990 (2022) | #11,349 |
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.
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