Laymon
Masculine
Laymon is a surname in American use as a first name, and it lands on an ordinary English word. That word has a precise technical sense: a layman is not an amateur, exactly, but someone outside a particular body of ordained or qualified people.
How old is the name Laymon?
Laymon first appears in US birth records in 1908 — 117 years ago. The typical Laymon alive today was born around 1939, making them about 86 years old. About 300 people named Laymon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laymon most popular?
Laymon peaked in 1908, reaching #1373 nationally. See the whole 1908 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Laymon
The Greek word laos means the people, and from it Christian Greek made laikos, belonging to the people rather than to the clergy, which gave Latin laicus and English lay. So a layman is a member of the laity, a lay reader is not ordained, and a lay brother in a monastery was a member of the community who did the manual work without taking full vows. The word later broadened to mean anyone outside any profession, which is how a legal document can address the lay reader. The same root is in liturgy, which is a work done for the people. English kept both words and connects them to each other about as often as it connects Laymon to either.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The surname may be occupational, may be a variant of Lemon or Layman, and may have come through German. As an American first name it appears without explanation, which is ordinary for surnames moving into front position.
Pronouncing Laymon
LAY-mun
Two syllables with the stress in front and a light ending. It is said exactly like the English word.
Nicknames for Laymon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1908
- Most boys named
- 194120 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1373reached in 1908
- Change vs 1979
- −25.0%6 in 1995, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Laymons among us
people named Laymon are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Laymon sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly at first sight and never needs spelling twice.
- Two syllables with a strong front stress carry well across a room.
- It sits in the familiar family of surnames Americans use in front position.
- It is a homophone of a common English word, which colleagues and classmates will notice.
- Lamont and Lemon are both close enough to be misheard, and one of them is a fruit.
- No origin is documented for the first name, so the meaning question has nothing settled behind it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laymons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Laymon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laymon in 2025?
- Laymon is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Laymon with classmates?
- Laymon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More L names
The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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