Langdon — #9925 US boys' name
1,156 babies named Langdon in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Langdon was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Langdon in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Langdon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,156 babies named Langdon between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Langdon currently holds the #9925 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Langdon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Langdon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Langdon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Langdon 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 1,156 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.
Langdon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Langdon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1911
- Peak year (2005)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 114 years of records
Currently ranks #9925 among boys.
1,156 total births across 114 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 33 births in a single year.
Langdon popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1999 (Langdon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Langdon accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Langdon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 228 births that decade — 20% of Langdon's all-time total
Langdon decade highlights
- Peak decade 228 births
- Runner-up 213 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Langdon's strongest decade
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Langdon by state
Where Langdon concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
5 of 1,156 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 0.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1911–2024 (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.