Landon — #106 US boys' name
183,725 babies named Landon in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.3% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Landon was born in this single decade.
10,483 babies were named Landon in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Landon
The Social Security Administration has registered 183,725 babies named Landon between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Landon currently holds the #106 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 10,483 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Landon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79,310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Landon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15,299 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Landon in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Landon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 183,725 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Landon at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Landon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (2010)
- 10,483
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #106 among boys.
183,725 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 10,483 births in a single year.
Landon popularity over time — girls
1,154 total births recorded since 1943 (Landon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Landon accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Landon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 79,310 births that decade — 43% of Landon's all-time total
Landon decade highlights
- Peak decade 79,310 births
- Runner-up 61,129 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Landon's strongest decade
79,310 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Landon by state
Where Landon concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15,299 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 12,491 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 8,815 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 8,274 | 4.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 7,868 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 7,092 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6,818 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 6,628 | 3.6% |
15,299 of 183,725 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Landon appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.