first name
LAYNE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,468 people named Layne, 88.6% reported their origin as White, 4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.8% as two or more races. 71.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Layne peaked in 2021, when 767 babies got the name.
At least 20,034 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Layne by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #942. The largest share of babies named Layne, 36.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Layne is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Layne has been most common in Utah (4.8×), Idaho (4.7×), and Missouri (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.11×).
13,026 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Layne
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Layne, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Layne ranks #2,731 of 156,621, with 12,859 people. See Layne as a last name
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