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Langston

“Combines Old English for 'long' and 'stone'” — Old English origin

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

Langston reached its best rank, #652, in 2016 and ranked #1000 in 2025. About 7,300 boys have carried it since 1912. It is also an American family name — about 20,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

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

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

In stories & tradition

• Langston Graham — Chuck

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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