Layton
Feminine · “leek farm”
Layton is given to both — 1,171 girls and 12,156 boys since 1880. See Layton as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Layton is the leek farm — the Old English leac and tun — and leac meant any allium, so the town could be named for onions or garlic just as well.
How old is the name Layton?
Layton first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Layton is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Layton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Layton most popular?
Layton peaked in 2023, reaching #1984 nationally. Today it ranks #2076, 92 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
Where it comes from
From leac tun to Layton
The story of Layton
Leac covered leeks, onions and garlic alike in Old English, and a leactun was the herb and vegetable garden of a settlement — the word survives in the surname Layton, Leighton and Laughton. Layton entered American given-name use for both sexes and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
leek farm, herb garden
From the Old English leac, 'leek' or any allium, and tun, 'enclosure' or 'farm'. Leac also gives 'garlic', literally 'spear-leek'. Several English villages are Layton or Leighton from this. The elements are ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- leac tun
- Leighton
- Layton
Related forms: Leighton · Laighton
Pronouncing Layton
LAY-tun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Layton and Leighton are said identically.
Nicknames for Layton
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
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 202399 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1984reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −4.3%90 in 2025, from 94
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.
Layton in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leighton in English — spelling variant
- Laighton in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Georgia.
Laytons among us
people named Layton are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 17,859 born in 2025 was named Layton
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Naudia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Layton's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Naudia climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Naudia's path sketches the road Layton is walking now.
Layton sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Layton is headed
Layton should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Layton beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Layton in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That garlic means 'spear-leek' from the same root is a first-rate etymology.
- The vegetable-garden meaning is concrete and belongs to real English places.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It reads as masculine and as a surname to most English speakers.
- Leighton is the commoner spelling for girls.
- Layton, Leighton and Peyton are all close enough to confuse.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laytons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Layton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Layton in 2025?
- Layton ranks #2076 among US girl names in 2025, with 90 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Layton?
- About 1 in every 17,859 US girls born in 2025 was named Layton — 90 in all.
- Will my child share the name Layton with classmates?
- Layton will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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