Given name & surname
Landen
“from the grassy meadow”
Landen is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the grassy meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the grassy meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Landen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27,065
- 26,819 boys · 246 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 1,989 babies
- 2025
- 219
- #1,045 for boys · #12,608 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 212 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,045 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 50.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,976 in 2008. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (16). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,743 as a first name in 2020; 985 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Landen’s family of names
Landen has a related form in Landon. Landen has a related form in Landyn. Landen has a related form in Landin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Landen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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