Boys' name · since 1913
Landrum
134 babies named Landrum in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1913. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,517 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Landrum sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 134 recorded since 1913.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Landrum has been recorded 134 times among boys since 1913, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2018.
- #15,517 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 134 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Landrum ranks #15,517 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,517 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Landrum's 134 recorded births place it above 65.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Landrum's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Landrum splits its recorded history at 1937: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1913 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Landrum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2018
- Peak year (1913)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Landrum by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (35 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Landrum's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Landrum births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
33 births
- 1920s
1920s
35 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 35 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Landrum's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2010s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Landrum: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1913)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1913–2018 (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 Landrum 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.