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Layton

#714 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Town with a leek garden

Layton has been given to 13,327 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #714 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 528 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Layton, 2025

1 in 8,790

Layton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Layton over time

In 2025, Layton went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Layton: meaning, origin, and history

Town with a leek garden

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Layton means

Layton means “town with a leek garden”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Layton (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Layton is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Layton is pronounced /ˈleɪtn̩/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,156 boys were recorded with the name Layton between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 528 in 2015; its best national rank was #541 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #621 in 2020 to #714 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #541 in 2015 to #714 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,171 girls were recorded with the name Layton between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 99 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,993 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,270 in 2020 to #2,088 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,016 in 2015 to #2,088 in 2025.

How common is Layton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,790
377 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,530
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#714
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,096 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Layton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 6,096 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Layton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laytons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Layton was born before 2011 — so the typical Layton is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
72.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,791
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.1% of all recorded uses (4,027).

Is Layton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−21
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−93
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−173
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
71.4%
Peak was 2015 (528)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#541
2015

Spellings of Layton

Layton is not the most common spelling — Landon is, with 18.4% against Layton's 1.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Layton is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Layton was most concentrated in South Dakota — about 1 in 870 boys, against 1 in 3,758 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

3115 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Dakota1 in 870
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 1,266
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 1,282
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 1,333
  5. 5Iowa1 in 1,515
  6. 6Kansas1 in 1,667
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 1,695
  8. 8Alabama1 in 1,754

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Layton is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 81% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Layton is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Layton was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 9,091 girls, against 1 in 30,158 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

011 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 9,091
  2. 2Alabama1 in 12,500
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 12,500
  4. 4Kentucky1 in 16,667
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 16,667
  6. 6Georgia1 in 20,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 20,000
  8. 8Florida1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Layton around the world

Where Layton ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #573
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2001–2025
    #226
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2012–2024
    #339
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2012–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    2008–2025
    #3,885
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1947–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Layton

People whose public names include Layton, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Layton in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Layton. Linked forms have their own page here.

Leyton

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Layton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#714
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 93
Best rank ever
#541
2015
Peak year
2015
528 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,156
Count in 2025
377

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,088
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 182
Best rank ever
#1,993
2023
Peak year
2023
99 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,171
Count in 2025
90

Names similar to Layton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Layton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Layton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Layton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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