Landis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAN-dis
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Landis is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Landis mean?
Germanic: Swiss German surname, common among Pennsylvania Mennonites
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis became baseball's first commissioner after the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Is Landis a girl's or a boy's name?
Landis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Landis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Landis, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Landis than any year since 1976.
Half of all the boys named Landis in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2014, 13% of the babies named Landis in the US were girls.
Landis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,580 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,531 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,406 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
Names like Landis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Landis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/landis, updated 20 October 2026.