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Langston

Boy's name · #1000 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Langston reached its best rank, #652, in 2016 and ranked #1000 in 2025. About 7,300 boys have carried it since 1912.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,533 in Canada (2024).

Famous Langstons

• Langston Hughes — American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
• Langston Galloway — American basketball player
• Langston Hall — American basketball player
• Langston Uibel — German actor, stage actor and film actor
• Langston Walker — American football player

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 20,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• John Mercer Langston — American politician (1829–1897)
• Mark Langston — American baseball player
• Grant Langston — South African motorcycle racer

In stories & tradition

• Langston Graham — Chuck (TV series)

What Langstons become

Among 29 notable people named Langston:

Sports figures appear 2.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Langston Galloway, American basketball player.

Similar names: Kingsley · Layton · Leighton · Brixton · Landyn · Landry

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