Landon

What Landon means

Means “long + hill”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Landon” (revision 89787109), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Landon?

US: Falling: down from #46 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1121 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 10,483 boys got the name (#33 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 601 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,771 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (5.77 per 1,000 boys), NH (5.11 per 1,000 boys), RI (4.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Landon is #127 in the US and #639 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Landon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Landen212 US
• Landyn190 US
• London144 US · 6 E&W
• Linden129 US · 8 E&W
• Lyndon65 US · 9 E&W
• Lynden23 US · 4 E&W
• Landan24 US
• Landin19 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Landon

Boys

• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025
• Rylan#416possibly “rye field”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Tyson#531“firebrand”^*
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Mason#39From a surname for “a stonemason”^*

For a sister

• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Aubrey#146“elf, fairy + king, ruler”^*
• Marley#322Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US
• Ainsley#483Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #483 vs #2,440 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Landon’s. Rank is US 2025.