girls:
987 births since 1991
#4729 (17th percentile)
boys:
11.4k births since 1880
#1082 (76th percentile)
overall:
12.4k births since 1880
#2368 (69th percentile)
The name Layton is the #2,368 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,370 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 69.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,082 (76.4% percentile) for all time with 11,383 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #4,729 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 987 births since 1991.
Layton has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1991 for girls). Birth data for Layton is available in 122 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (122 years for boys and 32 years for girls). 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 Layton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 82.2% of babies named Layton were boys.
For boys, Layton reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 46.8% percentile (ranked #482) with 258 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 258 births per million (ranked 46.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Layton is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #519 (43.1% percentile) with 249 births per million.
For girls, Layton reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.9% percentile (ranked #853) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 57 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Layton is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #853 (9.9% percentile) with 57 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Layton".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Layton. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Layton is pronounced as LAY-tuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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