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Landis

#7,459 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Landis has been given to 2,560 babies in the U.S. since 1907. In 2025 it ranked #7,459 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 39 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Landis, 2025

1 in 301,000

Landis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Landis over time

In 2025, Landis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19072025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Landis: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Landis means

Landis is a given name.

The naming story behind Landis

Wikidata records Landis as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q118139708, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,299 boys were recorded with the name Landis between 1907 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 39 in 2006; its best national rank was #1,257 in 1945.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,956 in 2020 to #7,459 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,820 in 2015 to #7,459 in 2025.

In the United States, 261 girls were recorded with the name Landis between 1942 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2003; its best national rank was #3,294 in 1952.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Landis?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,459
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Landis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Landis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Landiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Landis was born before 1980 — so the typical Landis is around 45 today.

Median birth year
1980
About 45 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
13.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,687
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Choose a decade

2010s — 13.4% of all recorded uses (307).

Is Landis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,403
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,503
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,639
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.55×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.2%
Peak was 2006 (39)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,257
1945

Spellings of Landis

Landis is not the most common spelling — Landon is, with 74.3% against Landis's 0.92%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Landis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Landis was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 519,726 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Kentucky1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5Ohio1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Landis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Landis is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Landis was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 271,958 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Landis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Landis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,459
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,503
Best rank ever
#1,257
1945
Peak year
2006
39 that year
First recorded
1907
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,299
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,294
1952
Peak year
2003
15 that year
First recorded
1942
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
261
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Landis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Landis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Landis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Landis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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