Boys' name · since 1980
Landan
Landan has 2,391 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,391
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Landan currently ranks #4313 among boys' names in America, with 2,391 babies recorded since 1980.
Landan has 2,391 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4313 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #2,956 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,313 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,391 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Landan ranks #2,956 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,313 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,391 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,313 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,391
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Landan's 2,391 recorded births place it above 93.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Landan compares
2,391 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Landan's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Landan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,391 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 198 | 34 | 22,252 |
Landan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Landan's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 198, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Landan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 198
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Landan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Landan as girls' name)
Landan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,105 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Landan's strongest decade.
1,105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Landan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 83
1980s
83 births
- 1990s 216
1990s
216 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,105 births
- 2010s
2010s
828 births
- 2020s 159
2020s
159 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,105 births (46% of all-time use).
How Landan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Landan's total volume
Landan by state
Where Landan concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 152 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 95 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 80 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 66 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 58 | 2.4% |
| #6 | California | | 56 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 54 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 43 | 1.8% |
152 of 2,391 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Landan appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Landan's data
- Landan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,105 total births); usage has since declined to 159 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Landans (152 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Landan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Landan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.