Langston

Langston: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “long stone”
Origin: English
Say it: LANG-stən · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys (95% of all uses)

From an English surname and place name, from Old English lang 'long' and stān 'stone.' Notable bearer: writer Langston Hughes.

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How popular is Langston?

202479.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Langston in 2024262

2024 rank#910 boys

Peak year2016

Total US babies since 18807,427

Langston has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Langston

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Masonstoneworker · English
Graysonson of the steward · English

Langston questions

What does the name Langston mean?

Langston means "long stone". It comes from English. From an English surname and place name, from Old English lang 'long' and stān 'stone.' Notable bearer: writer Langston Hughes.

Is Langston a boy or girl name?

Langston is mainly a boy's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Langston?

262 US babies were named Langston in 2024. Its peak year was 2016.

How do you pronounce Langston?

Langston is usually pronounced LANG-stən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.