Layden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Layden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Layden come from?
Modern: rhyming coinage like Jayden and Hayden; also a surname
Is Layden a girl's or a boy's name?
Layden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layden in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 boys.
Layden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
How popular is Layden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Layden, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer boys named Layden than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Layden in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Layden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,062 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 54 | #2,373 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
Names like Layden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Aiden Ronan Brody Lochlan Kian Brayden Rowan Conan Eden Declan
Names related to Layden
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Layden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layden, updated 20 October 2026.