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Langston

#1,000 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Long, tall + stone

Langston has been given to 7,664 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #1,000 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 405 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Langston, 2025

1 in 14,600

Langston over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Langston went to 3% girls and 97% boys.

19122025

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.

Langston: meaning, origin, and history

Long, tall + stone

surname transfer

What Langston means

Langston means “long, tall + stone”, associated with lang and stan.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Langston (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Langston is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Langston comes through Old English lang.

Langston is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,319 boys were recorded with the name Langston between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 405 in 2016; its best national rank was #652 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #694 in 2020 to #1,000 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #689 in 2015 to #1,000 in 2025.

In the United States, 345 girls were recorded with the name Langston between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2013; its best national rank was #4,296 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,748 in 2020 to #12,605 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,606 in 2015 to #12,605 in 2025.

How common is Langston?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,600
227 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,520
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,000
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
10,124 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Langston 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 10,124 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Langston. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Langstons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Langston was born before 2014 — so the typical Langston is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,964
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (2,936).

Is Langston 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
−90
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−306
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−311
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.62×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.0%
Peak was 2016 (405)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#652
2016

Spellings of Langston

Langston is not the most common spelling — Kingston is, with 83.1% against Langston's 13.1%.

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 Langston is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Langston was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,163 boys, against 1 in 4,839 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 50,000).

286 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,163
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 1,724
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 1,818
  4. 4Alabama1 in 1,852
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 1,887
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 1,961
  7. 7Georgia1 in 2,041
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 2,174

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.

Geographically, Langston is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 86% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Langston is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Langston was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,460,878 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Langston has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Langston around the world

Where Langston 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.

  • Canada
    2012–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Langston

People whose public names include Langston, 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.

Langston by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,000
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 306
Best rank ever
#652
2016
Peak year
2016
405 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,319
Count in 2025
227

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#12,605
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,857
Best rank ever
#4,296
2013
Peak year
2013
34 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
345
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Langston

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

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Names with a curve like Langston

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

LennonGreyZekeKyeKyreeAbdielYousefCanaanNikolaiZaidKingsleyRayan

Sibling names for Langston

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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