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Landry

#996 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Landric

Landry has been given to 11,721 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #996 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 353 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% boys, 50% girls all-time.

Babies named Landry, 2025

1 in 14,500

Landry over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Landry over time

In 2025, Landry went to 55% girls and 45% boys.

19172025

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.

Landry: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Landric

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Landry means

Landry is a form of Landric.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Landric.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,879 boys were recorded with the name Landry between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 353 in 2012; its best national rank was #668 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #953 in 2020 to #996 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #862 in 2015 to #996 in 2025.

In the United States, 5,842 girls were recorded with the name Landry between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 351 in 2018; its best national rank was #778 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #883 in 2020 to #935 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #924 in 2015 to #935 in 2025.

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 Landry?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,500
229 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,460
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#996
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,036 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Landry 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 10,036 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Landry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Landrys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Landry was born before 2013 — so the typical Landry is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
46.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,723
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Choose a decade

2010s — 46.1% of all recorded uses (2,708).

Is Landry 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
+389
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−43
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−134
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.87×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
64.9%
Peak was 2012 (353)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#668
2012

Spellings of Landry

Landry is not the most common spelling — Larry is, with 48.7% against Landry's 0.35%.

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 Landry is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Landry was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 1,613 boys, against 1 in 7,530 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

162 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 1,613
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 2,083
  3. 3Kansas1 in 2,500
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 2,564
  5. 5Iowa1 in 2,632
  6. 6Nebraska1 in 2,941
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 3,448
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 3,448

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.

Where Landry is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Landry was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 671 girls, against 1 in 4,149 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

1149 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 671
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 990
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 1,010
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 1,639
  5. 5Kansas1 in 1,667
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 2,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in 2,041
  8. 8Texas1 in 2,174

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.

Landry around the world

Where Landry ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2020–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • France
    1901–2025
    #3,107
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2019
    #2,293
    in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Landry

People whose public names include Landry, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Landry by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#996
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 43
Best rank ever
#668
2012
Peak year
2012
353 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,879
Count in 2025
229

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#935
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 52
Best rank ever
#778
2018
Peak year
2018
351 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,842
Count in 2025
279

Names similar to Landry

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

LandynLandinLandanLandisLandenLanderLanierLangstonLannieLannyLandoLancerLandonLaneLangdonLanceKendryLancelotLanellLanardLandyLantzLansingAndry

Names with a curve like Landry

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

ArianMaysonKoltenGibsonKamrynJadielMaisonMarleyChevyCaseCasenIshaan

Sibling names for Landry

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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