Langston
Means “long, tall + stone”*
Boy’s name · from a surname
What Langston means
Means “long, tall + stone”
From Old English lang (“long, tall”) + stan (“stone”).
Source: Wiktionary, “Langston” (revision 87934692), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Langston?
▼ 90 vs 2024
US: Falling: down from #687 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 405 boys got the name (#652 that year). First in the US records in 1912.
How common
- About 1 in 7,525 baby boys in the US 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 OK (0.62 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.42 per 1,000 boys), AR (0.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Langston is #999 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #999 | 227 | 1 in 7,525 | #687 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 97.0% of US babies named Langston were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 7 | 227 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 345 | 7,319 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Langston
Boys
- Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”*
- Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”*
- Grayson#51“steward”*
- Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
- Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
- Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
For a sister
- Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”*
- Sawyer#290“one who saws”*
- Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”*
- Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
- Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
- Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”*
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 Langston’s. Rank is US 2025.
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