Layton
#2,076 for girls in 2025, 90 births · #710 for boys in 2025, 377 births
Given to boys 91.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 528 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,156since 1880
Layton over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,076 | 90 | #710 | 377 |
| 2024 | #2,053 | 94 | #693 | 391 |
| 2023 | #1,984 | 99 | #611 | 457 |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | #634 | 437 |
| 2021 | #2,186 | 85 | #632 | 437 |
| 2020 | #2,257 | 79 | #621 | 437 |
| 2019 | #2,400 | 74 | #580 | 481 |
| 2018 | #3,201 | 50 | #658 | 384 |
| 2017 | #3,848 | 39 | #727 | 328 |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | #636 | 418 |
| 2015 | #3,001 | 57 | #541 | 528 |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 | #639 | 411 |
| 2013 | #3,918 | 38 | #725 | 322 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | #609 | 404 |
| 2011 | #3,659 | 42 | #626 | 376 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | #643 | 375 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | #683 | 355 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #775 | 286 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #767 | 286 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #718 | 301 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #780 | 251 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #949 | 177 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #893 | 188 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #895 | 181 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #926 | 167 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #1,121 | 125 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #1,106 | 120 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #1,105 | 116 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #1,143 | 108 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #1,347 | 80 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,151 | 99 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,407 | 68 |
| 1992 | — | #1,228 | 84 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | — | #1,755 | 45 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,590 | 50 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,645 | 43 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,962 | 30 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,111 | 25 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,110 | 25 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,270 | 20 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,036 | 20 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,889 | 22 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,510 | 27 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,479 | 28 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,602 | 25 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,345 | 34 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,419 | 29 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,261 | 34 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,116 | 42 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,440 | 24 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,070 | 38 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,169 | 32 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,156 | 33 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,390 | 23 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,009 | 40 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,168 | 32 | |
| 1936 | — | #972 | 41 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,040 | 38 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,124 | 34 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,145 | 35 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,235 | 33 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,413 | 26 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,125 | 39 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,112 | 41 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,092 | 42 | |
| 1925 | — | #998 | 47 | |
| 1924 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,076 | 44 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,390 | 29 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #989 | 47 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,152 | 34 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #995 | 25 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1890 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2015 at #541 (528 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 2001–2025
- 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%)
- 33.1% of all boys named Layton (4,027) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #888 |
| 1890s | 13 | #826 (1896) | #953 |
| 1900s | 32 | #866 (1907) | #1,164 |
| 1910s | 267 | #949 (1918) | #1,136 |
| 1920s | 381 | #984 (1924) | #1,180 |
| 1930s | 325 | #972 (1936) | #1,187 |
| 1940s | 337 | #971 (1945) | #1,204 |
| 1950s | 291 | #1,261 (1951) | #1,433 |
| 1960s | 244 | #1,255 (1963) | #1,646 |
| 1970s | 196 | #1,889 (1970) | #2,205 |
| 1980s | 318 | #1,590 (1989) | #1,912 |
| 1990s | 862 | #1,105 (1998) | #1,304 |
| 2000s | 2,317 | #683 (2009) | #851 |
| 2010s | 4,027 | #541 (2015) | #638 |
| 2020s | 2,536 | #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 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 21,027 of them was named Layton, which outranked 86.7% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,346Rylin79
- #2,346Shayna79
- #2,346Zipporah79
- #2,364Layton78
- #2,364Amiracle78
- #2,364Ara78
- #2,364Brinleigh78
- #2,388Ahuva77
- #2,388Alitzel77
- #2,388Amyah77
Tied with 23 names at #2,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 3,995 of them was named Layton, which outranked 95.6% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).