Layney
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Layney is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Layney come from?
Modern: spelling of Laney, a short form of Elaine or Delaney
Is Layney a girl's or a boy's name?
Layney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Layney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Layney, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Layney in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,966 girls in the US were given Layney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Layney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Layney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Wrenley, Finley, Lakelynn, Kensley, Braelynn, Kinley, Rynlee, Teagan, Kenley, Lennon, Haisley
Other spellings of Layney
Lainey, Laney, Leni, Laynie, Lainee, Laynee, Lanie, Lainie, Layni, Laini, Lainy
Names related to Layney
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Layney: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/layney, updated 20 October 2026.