Landon
Landon is a personal name and surname of English origin that means "long hill". It is a variant of Langdon.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Landon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Landon is a personal name and surname of English origin that means "long hill". It is a variant of Langdon.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Landon
Landon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1882, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 10,483 Landons were born — ranking #33 that year. As of 2026, Landon ranks #115 for baby boys with 2,989 births, falling sharply (-37%). In total, more than 190K Landons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Landon
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About the name Landon
Landon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 190K births in the dataset. Landon's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #33. Use the chart and map above to compare Landon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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