Longin — boys' name
14 babies named Longin in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Longin was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Longin in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Longin
The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Longin between 1918 and 1921, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Longin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1921. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Longin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Longin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Longin 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 14 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.
Longin at a glance
Last recorded 1921Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Longin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1918
- Peak year (1921)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1921.
14 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 9 births in a single year.
Longin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 9 births that decade — 64% of Longin's all-time total
Longin decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Longin's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1918–1921 (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.