How Many People Are Named Layton?
people named Layton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 28,791 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,327 babies named Layton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
585 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement with a leek garden" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Layton in English. Counting Layton and these spellings together, about 34,956 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Layton, 9.8% were girls and 90.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Layton rose from 0% in the 1910s to 17.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Layton alive today is about 16 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Layton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2015, to 585 babies. In 2025, 467 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Layton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #541, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #714.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #714 |
| Best rank | #541 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #639 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Layton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Layton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,312 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Layton was given 4 times as often in Arkansas, 3.7 times in Louisiana and 3.5 times in South Dakota.
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