girls:
332 births since 2006
#5384 (6th percentile)
boys:
6.8k births since 1912
#1425 (69th percentile)
overall:
7.2k births since 1912
#3193 (59th percentile)
The name Langston is the #3,193 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,159 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 58.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,425 (68.9% percentile) for all time with 6,827 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,384 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 332 births since 2006.
Langston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Langston is available in 108 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (108 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Langston has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Langston reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 38.3% percentile (ranked #569) with 200 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 200 births per million (ranked 38.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Langston ranks #659 for boys (27.7% percentile) with 141 births per million, which is 70.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Langston reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #902) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Langston ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 29.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Langston".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Langston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Langston is pronounced as LANGS-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LANG-stuhn, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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