Unisex name · since 1917
Landy
Landy has 606 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 606
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Landy sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 606 recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Landy has been recorded 606 times among boys since 1917, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2019.
- #7,029 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 606 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Landy ranks #7,029 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 606 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #7,029 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 606
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Landy's 606 recorded births place it above 84.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Landy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Landy's SSA record in two at 1971 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Landy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2019
- Peak year (1956)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Landy popularity over time - girls
255 total births recorded since 1950 (Landy as girls' name)
Landy by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (136 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Landy's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Landy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 29
1920s
29 births
- 1930s 29
1930s
29 births
- 1940s
1940s
55 births
- 1950s
1950s
136 births
- 1960s
1960s
91 births
- 1970s
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 136 births (22% of all-time use).
How Landy 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 Landy's total volume
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What to do with Landy's data
- Landy's decade-level peak was the 1950s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Landy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1917–2019 (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 Landy 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.