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Landon

Gender
Boy
Say it
LAN-dun
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#644 for boys
US rank, 2025
#127 for boys

Landon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “long hill”. In 2025 it ranked 644th for boys in the UK (64 babies) and 127th for boys in the US (2,840 babies).

What does Landon mean?

English: English surname from a place name

“long hill”

From an English place-name surname, a form of Langdon, from Old English lang, long, and dun, hill.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Landon a girl's or a boy's name?

Landon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 boys in the UK and 28 girls and 2,840 boys in the US.

How popular is Landon in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#644among boys
Babies in 2025
64about 1 in 4,700 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 72% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 64 boys in the UK were named Landon, making it the 644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th.

2025 had the most boys named Landon of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.

Half of all the boys named Landon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 639th in England and Wales and 441st in Scotland.

1997Busiest: 64 in 20252025
Landon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202564#644
202417#1,585
202324#1,247
202223#1,270
202125#1,200
202027#1,105
201916#1,608
201818#1,486
201722#1,290
201619#1,458
201524#1,202
201421#1,308
201330#1,017
201235#941
201133#952
201030#1,019
200920#1,290
200830#972
200719#1,290
200627#959
20056#2,545
20045#2,691
20035#2,574
20023#3,325
20010–
20000–
19994#2,513
19980–
19976#1,853

How popular is Landon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#127among boys
Babies in 2025
2,840about 1 in 600 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
2.3%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,840 boys in the US were named Landon, making it the 127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 69th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10,483 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882. 28 girls were also named Landon in 2025 (4,757th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 15 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Landon than any year since 2002.

Half of all the boys named Landon in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,285 boys in the US were given Landon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #121, up from #127 for this spelling alone.

1882Busiest: 10,483 in 20102025
Landon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,840#127
20243,324#106
20233,655#96
20224,032#86
20214,606#73
20204,783#69
20195,512#63
20185,860#61
20176,358#57
20167,046#53
20157,948#46
20148,249#43
20138,752#39
20129,356#35
20119,761#34
201010,483#33
200910,169#36
20089,361#45
20079,103#49
20069,574#50
20057,110#61
20045,042#86
20034,412#97
20022,722#142
20011,881#194
20001,758#200
19991,715#196
19981,644#202
19971,545#203
19961,396#216
19951,224#238
19941,157#249
19931,120#255
19921,036#276
1991913#285
1990760#326
1989752#319
1988724#311
1987658#319
1986631#321
1985605#327
1984574#328
1983580#327
1982574#332
1981493#356
1980375#424
1979391#402
1978293#476
1977255#515
1976219#543
1975212#554
1974133#712
197382#879
1972111#752
1971108#782
1970108#791
1969110#747
196869#869
196766#885
196664#901
196572#866
196467#929
196366#920
196259#995
196160#1,000
196049#1,114
195934#1,336
195833#1,344
195737#1,277
195630#1,417
195526#1,502
195429#1,407
195331#1,356
195241#1,151
195137#1,194
195039#1,138
194924#1,500
194836#1,193
194732#1,296
194629#1,298
194523#1,377
194435#1,120
194334#1,170
194239#1,089
194125#1,333
194041#1,007
193935#1,085
193831#1,171
193760#793
1936174#422
193546#930
193419#1,608
193318#1,644
193235#1,141
193120#1,589
193039#1,116
192929#1,312
192837#1,165
192736#1,198
192635#1,219
192517#1,934
192438#1,169
192349#992
192242#1,084
192143#1,069
192031#1,300
191936#1,159
191825#1,445
191724#1,437
191637#1,058
191528#1,241
191430#1,019
191321#1,112
191211#1,526
19116#1,536
19105#1,588
190910#951
19085#1,372
19075#1,344
19060–
19050–
19046#1,063
19039#783
19025#1,136
19010–
19007#1,049
18998#786
18987#884
18970–
18960–
18956#977
18945#1,073
18937#836
18929#747
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18877#752
18865#959
18855#935
18846#848
18836#798
18826#836

Names like Landon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Grayson Mason Logan Hudson Jaxon Lennon Brody Rowan Layton Riley Finn Hunter

Other spellings of Landon

Landen Landyn Landan Landin

Names related to Landon

London Lyndon Lindon Landynn

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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, “Landon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/landon, updated 20 October 2026.