Layden — #3306 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Layden

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,108 babies named Layden between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Layden currently holds the #3306 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 85 babies received it in a single year. Layden is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 74 additional births since 2006.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Layden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 634 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Layden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Layden in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Layden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,108 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.