Layne
Layne is given to both girls and boys: 156 girls and 414 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,402 among girls’ names and #662 among boys’, #1,062 among all names counting both); 20,034 Americans have been recorded with it since 1918 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Layne every year since 1994.
An estimated 18,900 Americans named Layne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 8 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Layne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Layne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Layne is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Topographic surname from lane.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Layne?
#662 among boys’ names, 2025
Layne rose from #711 in 2015 to #662 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.18 to 0.24 per 1,000.
767 babies in 2021, the peak
Layne peaked in 2021, when 767 babies were given it (434 boys, #637 among boys’ names). The 570 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 74% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,402 | 414 | #662 |
| 2024 | 182 | #1,275 | 389 | #696 |
| 2023 | 265 | #975 | 423 | #648 |
| 2022 | 293 | #923 | 410 | #667 |
| 2021 | 333 | #830 | 434 | #637 |
| 2020 | 278 | #931 | 397 | #663 |
| 2019 | 241 | #1,059 | 377 | #680 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,232 | 350 | #693 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,123 | 354 | #696 |
| 2016 | 74 | #2,470 | 340 | #721 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 91 | #2,119 | 350 | #711 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,108 | 419 | #628 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,044 | 405 | #615 |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,350 | 432 | #591 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,232 | 431 | #583 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,146 | 411 | #606 |
| 2009 | 113 | #1,871 | 378 | #656 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,431 | 395 | #625 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,473 | 360 | #668 |
| 2006 | 122 | #1,716 | 320 | #694 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,868 | 325 | #661 |
| 2004 | 109 | #1,765 | 320 | #646 |
| 2003 | 120 | #1,608 | 335 | #619 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,687 | 263 | #692 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,642 | 200 | #822 |
| 2000 | 95 | #1,819 | 213 | #777 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,564 | 211 | #757 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,716 | 221 | #735 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,566 | 230 | #692 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,470 | 224 | #707 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,929 | 221 | #714 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,732 | 141 | #922 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,615 | 82 | #1,253 |
| 1992 | 66 | #2,066 | 81 | #1,256 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,784 | 74 | #1,305 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,998 | 69 | #1,339 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,427 | 75 | #1,246 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,167 | 50 | #1,504 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,292 | 56 | #1,328 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,445 | 51 | #1,394 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,240 | 46 | #1,462 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,932 | 58 | #1,208 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,655 | 53 | #1,268 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,765 | 47 | #1,386 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,819 | 45 | #1,424 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,781 | 51 | #1,322 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,494 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,997 | 44 | #1,403 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,988 | 52 | #1,229 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,142 | 57 | #1,136 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,735 | 54 | #1,156 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,787 | 39 | #1,381 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,714 | 55 | #1,101 |
| 1972 | 15 | #4,001 | 48 | #1,184 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,214 | 64 | #1,022 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,072 | 81 | #896 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,878 | 91 | #810 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,397 | 94 | #768 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,565 | 76 | #826 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,464 | 76 | #838 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,342 | 85 | #807 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,964 | 103 | #756 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,664 | 103 | #759 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,983 | 139 | #659 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,717 | 108 | #741 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,404 | 150 | #636 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,746 | 192 | #564 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,483 | 88 | #798 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,198 | 106 | #728 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,749 | 72 | #883 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,374 | 76 | #844 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,839 | 79 | #814 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,333 | 69 | #865 |
| 1952 | 26 | #2,000 | 74 | #818 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,758 | 74 | #820 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,886 | 52 | #966 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,679 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,649 | 36 | #1,207 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,884 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,681 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,537 | 21 | #1,473 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,311 | 20 | #1,557 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,959 | 20 | #1,612 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,013 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,789 | 18 | #1,666 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 24 | #1,385 | |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,031 | 17 | #1,683 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 8 | #2,775 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 7 | #3,058 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 11 | #2,239 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 5 | #3,934 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 12 | #2,193 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 12 | #2,164 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #4,062 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 8 | #2,984 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 9 | #2,899 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 6 | #3,947 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 6 | #3,996 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 6 | #3,989 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 6 | #3,981 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 6 | #4,129 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 5 | #4,581 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 7 | #3,550 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Layne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 20,034 Americans recorded as Layne, 28% are girls and 72% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Layne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Layne, and how old are they?
18,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 20,034 Americans ever recorded as Layne. The median Layne alive today is 18 years old; half are between 8 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 14,468 people named Layne (4,082 women and girls, 10,386 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,378 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 80 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,460 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,340 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,550 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Layne born?
The states with the most babies named Layne are Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 40 | #947 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 38 | #505 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | #538 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 24 | #385 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 23 | #831 | 0.5× |
| New York | 23 | #871 | 0.2× |
| California | 20 | #1,402 | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 20 | #511 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 18 | #555 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 17 | #611 | 0.4× |
Where Layne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Layne is most over-represented in Idaho: since 1918 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Layne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 85,279 babies since 1880, Layne is the second most given (23% of them). In 2025 it was given to 570 of their 2,065 babies (28%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Layne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Layne and names like it
- Compare Layne and LaneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLayne peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Layne since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Layne: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Layne.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Layne alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.