Laymon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Laymon

The Social Security Administration has registered 779 babies named Laymon between 1908 and 1995, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Laymon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Laymon performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Laymon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Laymon in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Laymon 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 779 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.