Langston
Boy · LANG-stun · English
Langston is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “long stone”. In 2025 it ranked 999th for boys in the US (227 babies).
What does Langston mean?
English: English surname and place name, from Old English lang + stan
“long stone”
Associated with the poet Langston Hughes, a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
- Say it
- LANG-stun
Is Langston a girl's or a boy's name?
Langston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 227 boys in the US.
How popular is Langston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #999among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 227about 1 in 7,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 227 boys in the US were named Langston, making it the 999th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 694th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 405 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 7 girls were also named Langston in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Langston than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Langston in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Langston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 227 | #999 |
| 2024 | 257 | #909 |
| 2023 | 261 | #890 |
| 2022 | 320 | #788 |
| 2021 | 343 | #742 |
| 2020 | 367 | #694 |
| 2019 | 379 | #677 |
| 2018 | 359 | #682 |
| 2017 | 375 | #677 |
| 2016 | 405 | #652 |
| 2015 | 365 | #687 |
| 2014 | 317 | #747 |
| 2013 | 209 | #955 |
| 2012 | 170 | #1,095 |
| 2011 | 177 | #1,063 |
| 2010 | 180 | #1,068 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,078 |
| 2008 | 187 | #1,024 |
| 2007 | 142 | #1,237 |
| 2006 | 98 | #1,526 |
| 2005 | 111 | #1,353 |
| 2004 | 86 | #1,539 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,390 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,444 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,621 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,465 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,013 |
| 1995 | 66 | #1,462 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 53 | #1,657 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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