Layn
Boy · LAYN · English
Layn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “narrow road”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Layn mean?
English: spelling of Lane, an English surname
“narrow road”
Lane began as an English surname for someone who lived by a lane.
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- LAYN
Is Layn a girl's or a boy's name?
Layn is a boys' name.
How popular is Layn in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Layn in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Layn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
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