How Many People Are Named Layne?
people named Layne are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,067 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,034 babies named Layne in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
767 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of LANE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Layne in English. Counting Layne and these spellings together, about 67,345 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Layne, 29.1% were girls and 71% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Layne rose from 6% in the 1930s to 37.9% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 48.5%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Layne alive today is about 22 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Layne first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2021, to 767 babies. In 2025, 570 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Layne has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #564, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #662. Among girls, its best rank was #830, in 2021.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #662 | #1,402 |
| Best rank | #564 (1959) | #830 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #658 in the 2010s | #1,013 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Layne alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Layne were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,605 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Layne was given 4 times as often in Idaho, 3.4 times in Utah and 2.5 times in Iowa.
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