Landry
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- LAN-dree
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #933 for girls
Landry is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “land + ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 933rd for girls in the US (279 babies).
What does Landry mean?
Germanic: French surname, from the Germanic name Landric
“land + ruler”
A French surname from the Germanic name Landric; Saint Landry was a 7th-century bishop of Paris.
Is Landry a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Landry has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 279 girls and 229 boys in the US.
How popular is Landry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 933rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 279 about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 279 girls in the US were named Landry, making it the 933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 881st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 351 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984. 229 boys were also named Landry in 2025 (996th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Landry than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Landry in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 436 girls in the US were given Landry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #662, up from #933 for this spelling alone.
In 1987, 13% of the babies named Landry in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 55%, with more girls than boys since 2014.
Landry in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 279 | #933 |
| 2024 | 200 | #1,191 |
| 2023 | 212 | #1,148 |
| 2022 | 248 | #1,032 |
| 2021 | 270 | #962 |
| 2020 | 303 | #881 |
| 2019 | 290 | #912 |
| 2018 | 351 | #778 |
| 2017 | 347 | #791 |
| 2016 | 327 | #861 |
| 2015 | 297 | #923 |
| 2014 | 274 | #972 |
| 2013 | 235 | #1,056 |
| 2012 | 252 | #1,005 |
| 2011 | 216 | #1,135 |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,165 |
| 2009 | 202 | #1,231 |
| 2008 | 156 | #1,495 |
| 2007 | 164 | #1,438 |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,530 |
| 2005 | 138 | #1,508 |
| 2004 | 149 | #1,396 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,822 |
| 2002 | 71 | #2,285 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Landry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emery, Avery, Tilly, Lily, Lyric, Presley, Leighton, Lainey, Emmy, Hadley, Paisley, Lyra
Other spellings of Landry
Names related to Landry
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Landry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/landry, updated 20 October 2026.