Layton
Boy · LAY-ton · English
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Layton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “probably leek or herb garden”. In 2025 it ranked 499th for boys in the UK (86 babies) and 710th for boys in the US (377 babies).
What does Layton mean?
English: 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.
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Is Layton a girl's or a boy's name?
Layton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 boys in the UK and 90 girls and 377 boys in the US.
How popular is Layton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 3,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 86 boys in the UK were named Layton, making it the 499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 301st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 394 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Layton than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Layton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 191 boys in the UK were given Layton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #499 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 573rd in England and Wales and 226th in Scotland.
Layton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #499 |
| 2024 | 119 | #394 |
| 2023 | 119 | #390 |
| 2022 | 134 | #358 |
| 2021 | 150 | #342 |
| 2020 | 173 | #301 |
| 2019 | 176 | #310 |
| 2018 | 208 | #272 |
| 2017 | 267 | #227 |
| 2016 | 254 | #240 |
| 2015 | 322 | #201 |
| 2014 | 359 | #178 |
| 2013 | 357 | #181 |
| 2012 | 394 | #166 |
| 2011 | 386 | #167 |
| 2010 | 323 | #190 |
| 2009 | 308 | #192 |
| 2008 | 259 | #207 |
| 2007 | 256 | #206 |
| 2006 | 160 | #262 |
| 2005 | 132 | #279 |
| 2004 | 103 | #327 |
| 2003 | 82 | #359 |
| 2002 | 58 | #436 |
| 2001 | 45 | #511 |
| 2000 | 54 | #443 |
| 1999 | 36 | #585 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 27 | #671 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Layton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 377about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 377 boys in the US were named Layton, making it the 710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 621st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 528 boys. 90 girls were also named Layton in 2025 (2,076th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Layton than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Layton in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 667 boys in the US were given Layton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #467, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 8% of the babies named Layton in the US in 1991, and 19% in 2025.
Layton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | #710 |
| 2024 | 391 | #693 |
| 2023 | 457 | #611 |
| 2022 | 437 | #634 |
| 2021 | 437 | #632 |
| 2020 | 437 | #621 |
| 2019 | 481 | #580 |
| 2018 | 384 | #658 |
| 2017 | 328 | #727 |
| 2016 | 418 | #636 |
| 2015 | 528 | #541 |
| 2014 | 411 | #639 |
| 2013 | 322 | #725 |
| 2012 | 404 | #609 |
| 2011 | 376 | #626 |
| 2010 | 375 | #643 |
| 2009 | 355 | #683 |
| 2008 | 286 | #775 |
| 2007 | 286 | #767 |
| 2006 | 301 | #718 |
| 2005 | 251 | #780 |
| 2004 | 177 | #948 |
| 2003 | 188 | #892 |
| 2002 | 181 | #894 |
| 2001 | 167 | #925 |
| 2000 | 125 | #1,119 |
| 1999 | 120 | #1,104 |
| 1998 | 116 | #1,102 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,140 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,345 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,147 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,264 |
| 1993 | 68 | #1,402 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,224 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,509 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,291 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,322 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,390 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,040 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,413 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,125 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1925 | 47 | #998 |
| 1924 | 51 | #984 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,076 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,390 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 47 | #989 |
| 1918 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,217 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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