Layton

What Layton means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Layton yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #541 in 2015 to #710 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Layton?

US: Falling: down from #541 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #204 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 528 boys got the name (#541 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,531 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,999 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,091 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (1.3 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.29 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.97 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Layton is #710 in the US and #573 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 80.7% of US babies named Layton were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leyton56 US · 21 E&W
• Lawton36 US
• Layden23 US
• Layten16 US
• Lleyton11 US · 3 E&W
• Ladon6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Layton

Boys

• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025

For a sister

• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Layton’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.