Laythen — boys' name
62 babies named Laythen in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
62 boys have been named Laythen since 2008, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2020.
- 62
- total births
- 2008–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Laythen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Laythen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laythen
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Laythen between 2008 and 2020, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Laythen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laythen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Laythen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laythen 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 62 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.
Laythen at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laythen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2008
- Peak year (2010)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
62 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 12 births in a single year.
Laythen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 41 births that decade — 66% of Laythen's all-time total
Laythen decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Laythen's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 2008–2020 (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.