girls:
17 births since 1968
#5699 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1938
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
22 births since 1938
#7717 (0th percentile)
The name Layle is the #7,717 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,699 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1938.
Layle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Layle is available in 4 out of the 34 years between 1938 and 1971 (3 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Layle has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.3% of all recorded births being female. In 1971, 100.0% of babies named Layle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1968, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1938 to 1967), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1968 to 1971).
For girls, Layle reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #746) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1971.
For boys, Layle reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #524) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1938, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1938.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Layle".
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