Landon
Meaning
"long hill," a place name turned surname turned first name; it rode the 2000s wave of two-syllable boys' names ending in -n and outlasted many of them. Newer than it sounds, easygoing as they come
Goes by Lanny
The story
Landon started life as an English surname meaning long hill, one of those place names America likes to turn into first names. Soccer gave it a hero: Landon Donovan, for years the face of the US men's national team and long its record goalscorer, author of the most famous goal in American soccer history, the stoppage-time strike against Algeria in 2010 that sent the United States through and set off delirium in bars across the country. The name was already surging before that: US records show a sharp climb through the 2000s, the years when the film A Walk to Remember made Landon Carter a teen heartthrob and Donovan's exploits kept the name in headlines. We cannot say what drove it, but the timing of the boom is striking. It has eased from those heights in the 2020s, settling into familiar, likable territory.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Landon peaked in the 2010s.
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Popularity in Brazil
60 people · the #58,763 first name in Brazil · median age 11
Among people named Landon living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Landon
Most people given the name Landon in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Landon deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Landon truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Landon fits with your family’s names and surname.
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