Lang
#6,849 most common boys' name of all time · #17,206 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1918–2023
Rank among boys
#6,849
Rank overall
#17,206 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
555
Since 2016
38
Peak year
1985 #3,887
Best rank
#2,581 1948
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Lang first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,448 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,094 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,352 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,205 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,948 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,233 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,861 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,857 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,445 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,919 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,700 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,755 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,571 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,964 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,001 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,843 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,397 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,129 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,007 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,882 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,955 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,235 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,449 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,236 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,091 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,250 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,694 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,973 |
| 1985 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #3,887 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,543 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,712 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,175 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,687 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,988 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,941 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,154 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,530 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,345 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,355 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,498 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,990 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,233 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,230 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,463 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,218 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,792 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,640 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,958 |
| 1956 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,422 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,687 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,069 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,285 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,982 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,581 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,581 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,309 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,770 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,904 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,398 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,888 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,574 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,160 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,176 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,561 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,416 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,126 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,758 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,100 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,708 |