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Boy's name · #714 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
82% boys · 18% girls — Layton is also given to girls: 90 in 2025, about 18% in recent years. Layton →
Layton reached its best rank, #541, in 2015 and ranked #714 in 2025. Roughly 12,000 boys have been named Layton since 1880.
In recent years, Layton ran 3–4× its national rate in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#235 in Scotland (2025) · #577 in England & Wales (2025) · #762 in Ireland (2025) · #1,897 in Canada (2024).
Among 16 notable people named Layton:
Sports figures appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Layton Kor, American rock climber.
Similar names: Duke · Laith · Ryland · Dayton · Leighton · Payton
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