Langston
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #999 for boys in 2025, 227 births
Given to boys 95.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 405 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,319since 1912
Langston over time
Rank among boys' names. Langston has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | #11,932 | 7 | #999 | 227 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #909 | 257 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #890 | 261 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #788 | 320 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #742 | 343 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #694 | 367 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #677 | 379 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #682 | 359 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #677 | 375 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #652 | 405 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #687 | 365 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #747 | 317 |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | #955 | 209 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #1,095 | 170 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | #1,063 | 177 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #1,068 | 180 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | #1,078 | 172 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #1,024 | 187 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #1,237 | 142 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #1,526 | 98 |
| 2005 | — | #1,354 | 111 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,542 | 86 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,391 | 96 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,447 | 88 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,481 | 82 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,629 | 72 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,624 | 66 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,585 | 66 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,468 | 73 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,017 | 43 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,467 | 66 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,664 | 54 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,662 | 53 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,890 | 29 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,270 | 20 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,696 | 20 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
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| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Langston is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#621 · 1 in 4,020
- Virginia#717 · 1 in 6,152
- Georgia#788 · 1 in 6,635
- Michigan#834 · 1 in 7,819
- North Carolina#975 · 1 in 10,463
Best ever in a state: #159 in District of Columbia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #621 | 6 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Virginia | #717 | 7 | 1 in 6,152 |
| Georgia | #788 | 9 | 1 in 6,635 |
| Michigan | #834 | 7 | 1 in 7,819 |
| North Carolina | #975 | 5 | 1 in 10,463 |
| Florida | #1,063 | 9 | 1 in 11,000 |
| Illinois | #1,135 | 6 | 1 in 12,858 |
| Texas | #1,831 | 6 | 1 in 30,186 |
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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 Langston
- 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)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2016 at #652 (405 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2013–2025
- 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%)
- 40.1% of all boys named Langston (2,936) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 55 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,819 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,186 (1926) | #2,920 |
| 1930s | 87 | #1,757 (1935) | #2,587 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,696 (1947) | #2,137 |
| 1950s | 94 | #2,026 (1958) | #2,779 |
| 1960s | 92 | #2,042 (1960) | #3,002 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,819 (1972) | #2,863 |
| 1980s | 226 | #1,890 (1982) | #2,435 |
| 1990s | 562 | #1,467 (1995) | #1,674 |
| 2000s | 1,134 | #1,024 (2008) | #1,371 |
| 2010s | 2,936 | #652 (2016) | #830 |
| 2020s | 1,775 | #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 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 17,994 of them was named Langston, which outranked 89.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,343Quinlan112
- #1,343Ridge112
- #1,343Tayshawn112
- #1,354Langston111
- #1,354Everardo111
- #1,354Finnian111
- #1,354Jalil111
- #1,362Brandt110
- #1,362Daylen110
- #1,362Deegan110
Tied with 7 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.