NameTides

Langston

Langston was the #999 boys' name in the US in 2025 (227 babies).

Langston as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Langston as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Langston as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#999 (227)—
2024#909 (257)#3,072 (5)
2023#890 (261)—
2022#788 (320)#2,493 (6)
2021#742 (343)#2,491 (6)
2020#694 (367)—
2019#677 (379)—
2018#682 (359)—
2017#677 (375)—
2016#652 (405)#2,428 (6)
2015#687 (365)—
2014#747 (317)—
2013#955 (209)—
2012#1,095 (170)#2,368 (6)
2011#1,063 (177)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #652.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Langston is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 8,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Langston by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Langston (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LangstonCanadaBoys—too few
LangstonUSGirls#11,9327
LangstonUSBoys#999227