Masculine dossier · first seen 1912

Langston

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Langston
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

405

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1912Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

36.8%

2024

256

All-time

7,089

Langston has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2016, when 405 boys were named Langston.

In 2024, only 256 boys were given the name.

Down 36.8% from its peak.

All told, about 7,089 Americans have been named Langston and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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