Landen Boy
How popular is Landen?
#1,044 boy name in 2025
212 baby boys were named Landen in the US in 2025, making it the 1044th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
Landen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,044 for boys (▼ 231 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 212 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #342 in 2015, #588 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,976 boys) |
| Highest rank | #199 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Landen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Landon family of names ranked #117 for boys in 2025 (#97 the year before), with 3,285 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Landen is most popular
Babies named Landen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.5 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Ohio: 0.4 per 1,000 (114 boys)
- Alabama: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (40 boys)
Landen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1970s | 58 | #2,378 |
| 1980s | 227 | #1,944 |
| 1990s | 1,035 | #741 |
| 2000s | 12,337 | #199 |
| 2010s | 11,074 | #206 |
| 2020s | 2,082 | #588 |
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Questions
- Is Landen a boy or girl name?
- Landen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Landen were boys.
- How popular is the name Landen?
- 212 baby boys were named Landen in the US in 2025, making it the 1044th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was Landen most popular?
- Landen peaked in 2008, when 1,976 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #199 in 2008.
- How many people are named Landen?
- 27,065 babies have been named Landen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,758 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Landen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Landen was most common in Mississippi, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.