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Langston

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

Boy's name · #999 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Langston has appeared in US records since 1912 — best rank #652 (2016) · 7,319 babies named Langston all-time · 1 in 7,700 boys born in 2025.

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:

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

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