Layton
Layton is given to both girls and boys: 90 girls and 377 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,088 among girls’ names and #714 among boys’, #1,232 among all names counting both); 13,327 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,800 Americans named Layton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 6 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Layton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Layton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Layton is “a male given name.”
(perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.
/ˈleɪtn̩/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Layton?
#714 among boys’ names, 2025
Layton fell from #541 in 2015 to #714 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.28 to 0.22 per 1,000.
585 babies in 2015, the peak
Layton peaked in 2015, when 585 babies were given it (528 boys, #541 among boys’ names). The 467 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 80% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | #714 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 391 | #693 | 0.23 |
| 2023 | 457 | #612 | 0.27 |
| 2022 | 437 | #636 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 437 | #633 | 0.25 |
| 2020 | 437 | #621 | 0.25 |
| 2019 | 481 | #581 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 384 | #659 | 0.21 |
| 2017 | 328 | #730 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 418 | #636 | 0.22 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 528 | #541 | 0.28 |
| 2014 | 411 | #641 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 322 | #726 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 404 | #610 | 0.21 |
| 2011 | 376 | #626 | 0.20 |
| 2010 | 375 | #643 | 0.20 |
| 2009 | 355 | #684 | 0.18 |
| 2008 | 286 | #777 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 286 | #770 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 301 | #719 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 251 | #781 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 177 | #951 | 0.09 |
| 2003 | 188 | #894 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 181 | #895 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 167 | #929 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 125 | #1,121 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 120 | #1,107 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 116 | #1,105 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,143 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,350 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,149 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,266 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,227 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,535 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,599 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,654 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,989 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,046 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,933 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,141 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,791 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,148 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,518 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,167 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,322 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,383 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 22 | #2,026 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,085 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,490 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 21 | #2,021 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,912 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,839 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,763 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,875 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,672 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,131 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,526 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,265 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,500 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,621 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,506 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,375 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,546 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,356 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,790 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,438 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,301 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,617 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,334 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,272 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,453 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,448 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,243 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,130 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,455 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 43 | #981 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,078 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,386 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,103 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,178 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,171 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,413 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,019 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 41 | #985 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,537 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,137 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,104 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,004 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 51 | #990 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,079 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,273 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,368 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 47 | #994 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 49 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,248 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,125 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,649 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,590 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,307 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 10 | #906 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,174 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,312 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 8 | #861 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1881 | 5 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Layton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 13,327 Americans recorded as Layton, 9% are girls and 91% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Layton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Layton, and how old are they?
11,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 13,327 Americans ever recorded as Layton. The median Layton alive today is 13 years old; half are between 6 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 8,328 people named Layton (665 women and girls, 7,663 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,120 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 120 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 371 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 281 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 807 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,030 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,230 |
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 Layton born?
The states with the most babies named Layton are Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 46 | #818 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 31 | #455 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 28 | #493 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 26 | #870 | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 23 | #365 | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 18 | #403 | 1.2× |
| Missouri | 17 | #386 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 17 | #505 | 0.4× |
| Mississippi | 14 | #231 | 1.5× |
| Kentucky | 13 | #393 | 1.2× |
Where Layton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Layton is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 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 Layton 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 13,818 babies since 1880, Layton is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 467 of their 483 babies (97%), again the 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 Layton
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 Layton and names like it
- Compare Layton and LaytenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLayton peaked in 2015.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Layton since 1910.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Layton.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Layton alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.