How Many People Are Named Landon?
people named Landon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,859 people in the US has this name
Based on 187,785 babies named Landon in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
10,510 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge"). Use of the name may have been inspired in part by the actor Michael Landon (1936-1991).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Landon in English. Counting Landon and these spellings together, about 210,503 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Landon, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Landon alive today is about 16 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Landon first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 2010, to 10,510 babies. In 2025, 2,868 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Landon never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #33, in 2010, and it was in the top 100 for 21 years, 2003 to 2023. In 2025 it ranked #127.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #127 |
| Best rank | #33 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | 21 (2003 to 2023) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #44 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Landon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Landon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 15,276 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Landon was given 2 times as often in South Dakota, 1.9 times in Kentucky and 1.9 times in West Virginia.
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