Langston — #910 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Langston

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,089 babies named Langston between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Langston currently holds the #910 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 405 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Langston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,936 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Langston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 577 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Langston in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Langston 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 7,089 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.