How Many People Are Named Langston?
people named Langston are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,201 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,664 babies named Langston in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
425 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Langston, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Langston alive today is about 15 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Langston first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2016, to 425 babies. In 2025, 234 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Langston has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #652, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,000.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,000 |
| Best rank | #652 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #786 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Langston alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Langston were born in Texas than in any other state: about 589 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Langston was given 3.2 times as often in Mississippi, 2.9 times in Georgia and 2.6 times in South Carolina.
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