# Langston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/langston/  
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”, “tall”, “stone” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,664 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,319 / 345 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).

## What it means

Langston 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 | 31 | 4,632 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,646 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,298 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,559 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,608 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,308 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,272 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,272 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,874 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,753 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,471 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,854 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,798 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,470 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,609 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 177 | 1,065 |
| 2012 | 170 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 209 | 958 |
| 2014 | 317 | 748 |
| 2015 | 365 | 689 |
| 2016 | 405 | 652 |
| 2017 | 375 | 677 |
| 2018 | 359 | 682 |
| 2019 | 379 | 679 |
| 2020 | 367 | 694 |
| 2021 | 343 | 743 |
| 2022 | 320 | 789 |
| 2023 | 261 | 892 |
| 2024 | 257 | 910 |
| 2025 | 227 | 1,000 |

## People named Langston

- Langston Hughes, American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
- Langston Galloway, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Langston Hall, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Faizon Love, Cuban-American actor and comedian
- Albert Thomas, American politician (1898–1966)

## 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.