How rare is the name Langston?

5,039 people in the United States have the first name Langston, about 1 in 59,939. It ranks #3,889 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LANGSTON

#3,889

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,039
About
1 in 59,939
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,039 people named Langston, 56.1% reported their origin as Black, 25.2% as White and 11.8% as two or more races. 94% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Langston peaked in 2016, when 425 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
425
In 2025*
234 ▼45%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,664 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Langston by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,608. The largest share of babies named Langston, 57%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,58755
1920s#6,12578
1930s#5,06787
1940s#4,275135
1950s#6,01694
1960s#6,80692
1970s#6,565145
1980s#5,862226
1990s#3,947562
2000s#2,9121,208
2010s#1,6083,161
2020s#1,6801,821
Greatest Generation 1901–271.6%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–642.8%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–1226.4%
2013 and later57%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Langston is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Langston has been most common in Georgia (3.4×), Maryland (2.5×), and Tennessee (2.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.33×).

4,866 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Langston

1 other first name also has 5,039 people.

#3,889 Shamar · 5,039

Either side of Langston

#3,887 Jessenia · 5,046#3,888 Saba · 5,040#3,889 Shamar · 5,039#3,891 Gray · 5,037

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Langston, most common first.

#13,566 Langdon · 887

Also a last name

As a last name, Langston ranks #1,865 of 156,621, with 18,883 people. See Langston as a last name

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