Laytona — girls' name
16 babies named Laytona in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Laytona since 1973, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1985.
- 16
- total births
- 1973–1985
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Laytona was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Laytona in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laytona
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Laytona between 1973 and 1985, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laytona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laytona performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Laytona shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laytona 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 16 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.
Laytona at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laytona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1973
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
16 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 6 births in a single year.
Laytona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 63% of Laytona's all-time total
Laytona decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Laytona's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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, 1973–1985 (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.