Landy — boys' name
606 babies named Landy in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Landy was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Landy in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Landy
The Social Security Administration has registered 606 babies named Landy between 1917 and 2019, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Landy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Landy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 255 additional births since 1950.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Landy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Landy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Landy 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 606 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.
Landy at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Landy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1917
- Peak year (1956)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
606 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 27 births in a single year.
Landy popularity over time — girls
255 total births recorded since 1950 (Landy as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Landy accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Landy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 136 births that decade — 22% of Landy's all-time total
Landy decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Landy's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–2019 (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.