Layton

#2,076 for girls in 2025, 90 births · #710 for boys in 2025, 377 births
Given to boys 91.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2015 · 528 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,156
since 1880

Layton over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #541, 2015girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,07690#710377
2024#2,05394#693391
2023#1,98499#611457
2022#2,36478#634437
2021#2,18685#632437
2020#2,25779#621437
2019#2,40074#580481
2018#3,20150#658384
2017#3,84839#727328
2016#3,65642#636418
2015#3,00157#541528
2014#3,71941#639411
2013#3,91838#725322
2012#4,38733#609404
2011#3,65942#626376
2010#4,02337#643375
2009#4,80530#683355
2008#7,40817#775286
2007#9,53912#767286
2006#13,6067#718301
2005#10,12810#780251
2004#9,26411#949177
2003#7,58014#893188
2002#13,5956#895181
2001#12,0567#926167
2000#8,53411#1,121125
1999#8,80510#1,106120
1998#6,36015#1,105116
1997#8,33410#1,143108
1996#10,5677#1,34780
1995#10,5147#1,15199
1994#8,8049#1,26885
1993#13,4425#1,40768
1992#1,22884
1991#13,1475#1,52857
1990#1,75545
1989#1,59050
1988#1,64543
1987#2,16927
1986#1,96230
1985#2,01928
1984#1,84230
1983#1,90528
1982#2,11125
1981#1,76632
1980#2,11025
1979#2,46519
1978#2,13422
1977#2,27020
1976#2,32919
1975#2,54016
1974#1,98322
1973#2,03620
1972#2,41815
1971#1,98721
1970#1,88922
1969#1,81021
1968#1,73121
1967#1,85318
1966#1,65022
1965#2,08415
1964#1,51027
1963#1,25538
1962#1,47928
1961#1,60225
1960#1,48629
1959#1,36033
1958#1,53426
1957#1,34534
1956#1,76520
1955#1,41929
1954#1,29234
1953#1,59223
1952#1,32332
1951#1,26134
1950#1,43426
1949#1,43426
1948#1,23134
1947#1,11642
1946#1,44024
1945#97143
1944#1,07038
1943#1,36826
1942#1,08939
1941#1,16932
1940#1,15633
1939#1,39023
1938#1,00940
1937#1,16832
1936#97241
1935#1,04038
1934#1,49821
1933#1,12434
1932#1,28628
1931#1,14535
1930#1,23533
1929#1,41326
1928#1,12539
1927#1,11241
1926#1,09242
1925#99847
1924#98451
1923#1,07644
1922#1,25933
1921#1,39029
1920#1,34829
1919#98947
1918#94949
1917#1,15234
1916#1,07236
1915#1,21729
1914#1,22123
1913#99525
1912#1,09518
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,4405
1908#1,2176
1907#86610
1906
1905#1,0916
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896#8268
1895#1,0795
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#8665
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Layton was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Layton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#693#710)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#621#710)
  • 169 spots since 2015 (#541#710)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1896 (#1,079#826)
  • Biggest drop: 469 spots in 1946 (#971#1,440)
Rise & fade · boys
135 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2015 at #541 (528 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 2001–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,630
  • Highest: 1 in 3,630 boys born in 2015 were named Layton (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,531 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.1% of all boys named Layton (4,027) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#866 (1881)#888
1890s13#826 (1896)#953
1900s32#866 (1907)#1,164
1910s267#949 (1918)#1,136
1920s381#984 (1924)#1,180
1930s325#972 (1936)#1,187
1940s337#971 (1945)#1,204
1950s291#1,261 (1951)#1,433
1960s244#1,255 (1963)#1,646
1970s196#1,889 (1970)#2,205
1980s318#1,590 (1989)#1,912
1990s862#1,105 (1998)#1,304
2000s2,317#683 (2009)#851
2010s4,027#541 (2015)#638
2020s2,536#611 (2023)#650

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Layton in 1997

girls
#8,334
10 births · 1 in 174,071 girls
boys
#1,143
108 births · 1 in 17,455 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #8,334Layton10

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,143Layton108
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 174,071 of them was named Layton, which outranked 48.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Layton
  1. #7,742Zitlali11
  2. #7,742Zuleica11
  3. #7,742Zurisadai11
  4. #8,334Layton10
  5. #8,334Aailyah10
  6. #8,334Aarin10
  7. #8,334Aariona10
  8. #9,017Aaminah9
  9. #9,017Aarica9
  10. #9,017Abagael9

Tied with 682 names at #8,334; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 17,455 of them was named Layton, which outranked 89.4% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Layton
  1. #1,140Kalen109
  2. #1,140Raquan109
  3. #1,140Rowan109
  4. #1,143Layton108
  5. #1,143Alessandro108
  6. #1,143Demond108
  7. #1,143Ira108
  8. #1,151Immanuel107
  9. #1,151Oswaldo107
  10. #1,151Tylar107

Tied with 7 names at #1,143; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997