Layten
Mostly boys · LAY-ton · English
Layten is a name of English origin, meaning “probably leek or herb garden”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Layten mean?
English: spelling of Layton; English surname from place names, related to Leighton
“probably leek or herb garden”
An English surname from place names such as Layton in Lancashire, and often treated as a spelling of Leighton.
- Say it
- LAY-ton
Meaning borrowed from Layton. More on Wiktionary.
Is Layten a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Layten has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Layten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Layten, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Layten in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 667 boys in the US were given Layten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #467, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Layten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
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