Landon
Landon was given to 2,840 boys in 2025, #127 among boys’ names; 187,785 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 184,000 Americans named Landon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 10 and 20.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Landon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Landon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Landon is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “long” (lang) and “hill” (dūn).
Place names in England, from Old English lang (“long”) + dūn (“hill”).
/ˈlændən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Landon?
#127 among boys’ names, 2025
Landon fell from #46 in 2015 to #127 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.1 to 1.7 per 1,000.
10,510 babies in 2010, the peak
Landon peaked in 2010, when 10,510 babies were given it (10,483 boys, #33 among boys’ names). The 2,868 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,840 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 3,324 | #106 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3,655 | #97 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 4,032 | #86 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 4,606 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 4,783 | #69 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | 5,512 | #63 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 5,860 | #61 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 6,358 | #57 | 3.4 |
| 2016 | 7,046 | #53 | 3.7 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7,948 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | 8,249 | #43 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 8,752 | #39 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 9,356 | #35 | 4.9 |
| 2011 | 9,761 | #34 | 5.1 |
| 2010 | 10,483 | #33 | 5.5 |
| 2009 | 10,169 | #36 | 5.1 |
| 2008 | 9,361 | #45 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 9,103 | #49 | 4.4 |
| 2006 | 9,574 | #50 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | 7,110 | #61 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 5,042 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | 4,412 | #97 | 2.2 |
| 2002 | 2,722 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 1,881 | #194 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,758 | #200 | 0.90 |
| 1999 | 1,715 | #196 | 0.89 |
| 1998 | 1,644 | #202 | 0.86 |
| 1997 | 1,545 | #203 | 0.82 |
| 1996 | 1,396 | #216 | 0.74 |
| 1995 | 1,224 | #238 | 0.64 |
| 1994 | 1,157 | #249 | 0.60 |
| 1993 | 1,120 | #255 | 0.57 |
| 1992 | 1,036 | #277 | 0.52 |
| 1991 | 913 | #285 | 0.45 |
| 1990 | 760 | #326 | 0.37 |
| 1989 | 752 | #319 | 0.38 |
| 1988 | 724 | #311 | 0.38 |
| 1987 | 658 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1986 | 631 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1985 | 605 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1984 | 574 | #328 | 0.32 |
| 1983 | 580 | #327 | 0.32 |
| 1982 | 574 | #332 | 0.32 |
| 1981 | 493 | #357 | 0.28 |
| 1980 | 375 | #424 | 0.21 |
| 1979 | 391 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1978 | 293 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1977 | 255 | #519 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 219 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1975 | 212 | #555 | 0.14 |
| 1974 | 133 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 82 | #882 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 111 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 108 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 108 | #793 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 110 | #749 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 69 | #872 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 66 | #889 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 64 | #908 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 72 | #868 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 67 | #934 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 66 | #924 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 59 | #999 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,009 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,124 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,350 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,354 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,289 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,430 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,523 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,423 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,366 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,160 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,207 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,152 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,529 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,206 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,316 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,399 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,128 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,177 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,101 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,355 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,014 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,097 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,186 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 60 | #796 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 174 | #422 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 46 | #934 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,643 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,682 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,149 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 39 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,215 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,970 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,176 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,004 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,479 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,463 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,253 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,039 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,577 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,647 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,735 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 10 | #985 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,506 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,453 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,141 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 9 | #821 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,231 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,113 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 8 | #829 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 7 | #947 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 7 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 9 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 7 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 6 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 6 | #846 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 6 | #897 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Landon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Landon has been given almost only to boys: 1,182 girls in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Landon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Landon, and how old are they?
184,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 187,785 Americans ever recorded as Landon. The median Landon alive today is 15 years old; half are between 10 and 20.
The 2020 Census counted 151,003 people named Landon (960 women and girls, 150,043 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 162,296 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 142 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 518 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,430 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 12,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 94,800 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 72,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Landon born?
The states with the most babies named Landon are California, Texas and Florida, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 273 | #140 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 222 | #166 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 167 | #129 | 0.9× |
| New York | 156 | #117 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 145 | #80 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 145 | #84 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 116 | #77 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 109 | #116 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 101 | #116 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 85 | #139 | 0.7× |
Where Landon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Landon is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Landon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 233,618 babies since 1880, Landon is the most given (80% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,868 of their 3,358 babies (85%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Landon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Landon and names like it
- Compare Landon and LandenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLandon peaked in 2010.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Landon since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Landon: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2010The year the most babies were named Landon.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Landon alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.