Girls' name · since 1980
Layce
189 babies named Layce in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
189 girls have been named Layce since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Layce recorded 189 times among girls since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2014.
- #20,411 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 189 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Layce ranks #20,411 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Layce's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Layce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Layce splits its recorded history at 1996: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Layce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2014
- Peak year (2007)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Layce by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (65 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Layce's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Layce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 65 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Layce's decade-level peak was the 2000s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Layce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Layce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.