Boys' name · since 2005
Laydon
Laydon has 115 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,492 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 115
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laydon sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 115 recorded since 2005.
Laydon has 115 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #16,492 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 115 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laydon ranks #16,492 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,492 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 115
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Laydon's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laydon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laydon splits its recorded history at 2014: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laydon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Laydon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Laydon's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Laydon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Laydon's decade-level peak was the 2010s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Laydon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2024 (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 Laydon 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.