Boys' name · peaked in 2008
Landen name popularity since 1925
27,065 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Landen (0.9% girls, 99.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Landen is about 17 years old in 2026. Landen peaked in 2008 as the #199 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,065
- Named Landen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,045 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% boys
- 246 girls · 26,819 boys
- Most popular in
- Ohio
- 1.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Landen made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Landen births per year, 1925–2025
2008 was the biggest year for Landen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2001 and 2006, Landen became 6.8× more common, from 1 in 7,250 baby boys to 1 in 1,070.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby boys fell by 54%, from 1 in 3,670 to 1 in 8,060.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Landen's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Landen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Landen in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 6 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 58 | #5,948 |
| 1980s | 0 | 227 | #2,153 |
| 1990s | 17 | 1,035 | #1,177 |
| 2000s | 112 | 12,337 | #225 |
| 2010s | 81 | 11,074 | #342 |
| 2020–25 | 36 | 2,082 | #1,045 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
65.7% of babies named Landen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Landen is most popular
The index compares Landen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Landen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1.69× | 2,002 |
| Arkansas | 1.62× | 427 |
| Kentucky | 1.60× | 687 |
| Indiana | 1.52× | 924 |
| Georgia | 1.51× | 1,072 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Landen and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Landen (this page) | 26,819 | 2008 |
| Landon | 186,053 | 2010 |
| Landyn | 11,887 | 2012 |
| Landin | 2,667 | 2009 |
| Landan | 2,391 | 2006 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Landen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Landen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Landen (2008).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data