# Layton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/layton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪtn̩/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,327 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,156 / 1,171 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,818, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,698 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,443 |
| 2013 | 38 | 3,970 |
| 2014 | 41 | 3,757 |
| 2015 | 57 | 3,016 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,682 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,891 |
| 2018 | 50 | 3,228 |
| 2019 | 74 | 2,415 |
| 2020 | 79 | 2,270 |
| 2021 | 85 | 2,199 |
| 2022 | 78 | 2,379 |
| 2023 | 99 | 1,993 |
| 2024 | 94 | 2,063 |
| 2025 | 90 | 2,088 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 376 | 626 |
| 2012 | 404 | 610 |
| 2013 | 322 | 726 |
| 2014 | 411 | 641 |
| 2015 | 528 | 541 |
| 2016 | 418 | 636 |
| 2017 | 328 | 730 |
| 2018 | 384 | 659 |
| 2019 | 481 | 581 |
| 2020 | 437 | 621 |
| 2021 | 437 | 633 |
| 2022 | 437 | 636 |
| 2023 | 457 | 612 |
| 2024 | 391 | 693 |
| 2025 | 377 | 714 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 358 | 161 |
| 2012 | 360 | 163 |
| 2013 | 317 | 176 |
| 2014 | 321 | 175 |
| 2015 | 283 | 204 |
| 2016 | 226 | 241 |
| 2017 | 226 | 238 |
| 2018 | 188 | 270 |
| 2019 | 150 | 314 |
| 2020 | 143 | 320 |
| 2021 | 119 | 375 |
| 2022 | 98 | 422 |
| 2023 | 88 | 456 |
| 2024 | 83 | 479 |
| 2025 | 68 | 573 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.