Girls' name · since 2001
Layney
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 190 babies named Layney, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,819 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Layney currently ranks #9819 among girls' names in America, with 190 babies recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Layney recorded 190 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #9819 nationally today, ahead of 43% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #20,348 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,819 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 190 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Layney ranks #20,348 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,819 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 190 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,819 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 190
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Layney's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Layney compares
190 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Layney's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Layney | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 190 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Layney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Layney splits its recorded history at 2014: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Layney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Layney by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Layney's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Layney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Layney's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Layney 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.