Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Langston

#1,365 most common boys' name of all time · #3,272 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#1,365
Rank overall
#3,272 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
7,664
Since 2016
3,403
Peak year
2016 #652
Best rank
#652 2016
Girls Boys peak 425/yr
192019401960198020002020

Langston first appears in 1912. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 227 234 #999
2024 6 257 263 #911
2023 9 261 270 #891
2022 9 320 329 #789
2021 6 343 349 #743
2020 9 367 376 #695
2019 12 379 391 #677
2018 16 359 375 #682
2017 16 375 391 #677
2016 20 405 425 #652
2015 19 365 384 #690
2014 24 317 341 #747
2013 34 209 243 #958
2012 24 170 194 #1,095
2011 31 177 208 #1,063
2010 29 180 209 #1,071
2009 30 172 202 #1,080
2008 26 187 213 #1,025
2007 12 142 154 #1,239
2006 6 98 104 #1,528
2005 — 111 111 #1,354
2004 — 86 86 #1,546
2003 — 96 96 #1,391
2002 — 88 88 #1,450
2001 — 82 82 #1,489
2000 — 72 72 #1,635
1999 — 66 66 #1,630
1998 — 66 66 #1,592
1997 — 73 73 #1,473
1996 — 43 43 #2,022
1995 — 66 66 #1,468
1994 — 54 54 #1,671
1993 — 53 53 #1,666
1992 — 57 57 #1,554
1991 — 44 44 #1,804
1990 — 40 40 #1,920
1989 — 28 28 #2,374
1988 — 31 31 #2,056
1987 — 18 18 #2,869
1986 — 21 21 #2,538
1985 — 16 16 #2,979
1984 — 21 21 #2,386
1983 — 16 16 #2,817
1982 — 29 29 #1,907
1981 — 29 29 #1,912
1980 — 17 17 #2,764
1979 — 16 16 #2,804
1978 — 9 9 #3,920
1977 — 20 20 #2,291
1976 — 8 8 #4,107
1975 — 9 9 #3,738
1974 — 17 17 #2,395
1973 — 11 11 #3,078
1972 — 24 24 #1,848
1971 — 19 19 #2,160
1970 — 12 12 #2,796
1969 — 13 13 #2,458
1968 — 9 9 #2,975
1967 — 5 5 #4,125
1966 — 5 5 #4,114
1965 — 10 10 #2,674
1964 — 8 8 #3,142
1963 — 11 11 #2,600
1962 — 6 6 #3,766
1961 — 9 9 #2,985
1960 — 16 16 #2,085
1959 — 7 7 #3,409
1958 — 16 16 #2,066
1957 — 6 6 #3,729
1956 — 9 9 #2,874
1955 — 11 11 #2,504
1954 — 9 9 #2,844
1953 — 7 7 #3,264
1952 — 13 13 #2,210
1951 — 7 7 #3,193
1950 — 9 9 #2,680
1949 — 18 18 #1,805
1948 — 18 18 #1,799
1947 — 20 20 #1,722
1946 — 14 14 #2,007
1945 — 15 15 #1,830
1944 — 16 16 #1,788
1943 — 12 12 #2,246
1942 — 9 9 #2,633
1941 — 7 7 #2,996
1940 — 6 6 #3,282
1939 — 10 10 #2,394
1938 — 9 9 #2,580
1937 — 7 7 #3,031
1935 — 16 16 #1,817
1934 — 14 14 #2,004
1933 — 8 8 #2,877
1932 — 9 9 #2,758
1931 — 5 5 #3,947
1930 — 9 9 #2,909
1929 — 11 11 #2,541
1926 — 14 14 #2,269
1925 — 9 9 #3,047
1924 — 8 8 #3,353
1923 — 8 8 #3,297
1922 — 8 8 #3,360
1921 — 6 6 #3,996
1920 — 14 14 #2,307
1919 — 6 6 #3,873
1918 — 11 11 #2,656
1917 — 11 11 #2,527
1915 — 5 5 #3,973
1914 — 5 5 #3,445
1913 — 11 11 #1,797
1912 — 6 6 #2,496