Layten — #6686 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Layten

The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Layten between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Layten currently holds the #6686 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Layten is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 49 additional births since 2007.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Layten performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Layten shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Layten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Layten 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 376 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.