Landen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAN-den
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,044 for boys
Landen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “long hill”. In 2025 it ranked 1,044th for boys in the US (212 babies).
What does Landen mean?
English: spelling of Landon, an English surname
“long hill”
A spelling of Landon, an English surname taken from place names meaning long hill.
Is Landen a girl's or a boy's name?
Landen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 212 boys in the US.
How popular is Landen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Landen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Landen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
How popular is Landen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 212 about 1 in 8,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 212 boys in the US were named Landen, making it the 1,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 588th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 1,976 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969. 7 girls were also named Landen in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Landen than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Landen in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,285 boys in the US were given Landen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #121, up from #1,044 for this spelling alone.
Landen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212 | #1,044 |
| 2024 | 308 | #813 |
| 2023 | 303 | #809 |
| 2022 | 345 | #746 |
| 2021 | 444 | #622 |
| 2020 | 470 | #588 |
| 2019 | 599 | #486 |
| 2018 | 618 | #471 |
| 2017 | 753 | #414 |
| 2016 | 820 | #390 |
| 2015 | 1,009 | #342 |
| 2014 | 1,204 | #294 |
| 2013 | 1,295 | #273 |
| 2012 | 1,471 | #246 |
| 2011 | 1,594 | #225 |
| 2010 | 1,711 | #206 |
| 2009 | 1,834 | #207 |
| 2008 | 1,976 | #199 |
| 2007 | 1,953 | #203 |
| 2006 | 1,916 | #203 |
| 2005 | 1,537 | #225 |
| 2004 | 1,131 | #281 |
| 2003 | 980 | #304 |
| 2002 | 497 | #476 |
| 2001 | 268 | #678 |
| 2000 | 245 | #711 |
| 1999 | 217 | #741 |
| 1998 | 175 | #836 |
| 1997 | 143 | #939 |
| 1996 | 124 | #1,004 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,168 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 77 | #1,290 |
| 1992 | 63 | #1,447 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Landen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden, Kayden, Logan, Finn, Brody, Jayden, Kian, Rowan, Hayden, Ronan, Riley, Mason
Other spellings of Landen
Names related to Landen
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Landen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/landen, updated 20 October 2026.