Laylen — #16929 US unisex name
46 babies named Laylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 4% of names given to girls today.
65% of everyone ever named Laylen was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Laylen in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laylen
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Laylen between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laylen currently holds the #16929 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Laylen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 27 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laylen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Laylen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laylen 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 46 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.
Laylen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laylen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #16929 among girls.
46 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 9 births in a single year.
Laylen popularity over time — boys
27 total births recorded since 2007 (Laylen as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Laylen accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Laylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 30 births that decade — 65% of Laylen's all-time total
Laylen decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Laylen's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.