How rare is the name Layton?

8,328 people in the United States have the first name Layton, about 1 in 36,267. It ranks #2,789 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LAYTON

#2,789

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,328
About
1 in 36,267
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,328 people named Layton, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 5% as two or more races and 4.8% as Black. 92% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Layton peaked in 2015, when 585 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
585
In 2025*
467 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,327 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Layton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,147. The largest share of babies named Layton, 47.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,74510
1890s#3,21413
1900s#3,11732
1910s#2,239267
1920s#2,316381
1930s#2,344325
1940s#2,542337
1950s#3,236291
1960s#3,906244
1970s#5,424196
1980s#4,643318
1990s#2,807930
2000s#1,7752,442
2010s#1,2344,480
2020s#1,1473,061
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.6%
Silent Generation 1928–454.5%
Baby boom 1946–644.2%
Generation X 1965–802.4%
Millennials 1981–966.3%
Generation Z 1997–1230.7%
2013 and later47.1%

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 Layton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Layton has been most common in Arkansas (3.2×), Louisiana (2.9×), and South Dakota (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.16×).

8,535 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 Layton

#2,786 Valery · 8,338#2,788 Cherish · 8,334#2,790 Chaim · 8,326#2,791 Vijay · 8,323

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Layton, most common first.

#9,088 Lawton · 1,558#27,622 Layten · 330#41,133 Laton · 179

Also a last name

As a last name, Layton ranks #1,905 of 156,621, with 18,508 people. See Layton as a last name

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