# Langley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/langley/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “long”, “woodland clearing”, “glade”, “lea” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlæŋli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lansley |
| US babies named this | 833 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 163 / 670 (80% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English lang (“long”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to long + -ley (“lea”).

## 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 | 30 | 4,765 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,180 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,831 |
| 2014 | 36 | 4,153 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,954 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,308 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,878 |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,948 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,389 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,762 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,300 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,489 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,814 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,801 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,455 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,362 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,218 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,847 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,233 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,165 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9,237 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,442 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,767 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,537 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,683 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,299 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,185 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,572 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,334 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,599 |

## People named Langley

- Langley Kirkwood, British actor
- Edmund Hirst, British chemist (1898-1975)

## 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.