# Landon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/landon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “long”, “hill” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlændən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 187,785 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 186,603 / 1,182 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 530, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Place names in England, from Old English lang (“long”) + dūn (“hill”).

## What it means

Landon is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,873 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,810 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,230 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,291 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,456 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,121 |
| 2017 | 65 | 2,682 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,768 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,308 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,254 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,277 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,258 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,682 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,722 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,823 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9,761 | 34 |
| 2012 | 9,356 | 35 |
| 2013 | 8,752 | 39 |
| 2014 | 8,249 | 43 |
| 2015 | 7,948 | 46 |
| 2016 | 7,046 | 53 |
| 2017 | 6,358 | 57 |
| 2018 | 5,860 | 61 |
| 2019 | 5,512 | 63 |
| 2020 | 4,783 | 69 |
| 2021 | 4,606 | 73 |
| 2022 | 4,032 | 86 |
| 2023 | 3,655 | 97 |
| 2024 | 3,324 | 106 |
| 2025 | 2,840 | 127 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 907 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 57 | 639 |

## People named Landon

- Landon Donovan, American soccer player
- Landon Liboiron, Canadian actor
- Landon Ronald, British musician (1873-1938)
- Landon Pigg, actor, singer-songwriter
- Landon Ferraro, American ice hockey player
- Landon Wilson, American ice hockey player
- Landon Ling, Canadian soccer player (born 1987)
- Travis Barker, American drummer (born 1975)
- Trent Forrest, American basketball player (born 1998)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.