Mostly boys · peaked in 2021
Layne name popularity since 1925
20,016 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Layne (28.4% girls, 71.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2007 or earlier, so the typical Layne is about 19 years old in 2026. Layne peaked in 2021 as the #637 name for boys, and it ranked #662 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,016
- Named Layne, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #662
- for boys in 2025 (414 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 71.6% boys
- 5,679 girls · 14,337 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.64× its national share
Peak year is the year Layne made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Layne births per year, 1925–2025
2021 was the biggest year for Layne both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1959 and 1964, Layne's share of baby boys fell by 43%, from 1 in 11,100 to 1 in 19,300.
- Fastest rise: Between 2001 and 2006, it became 1.5× more common, from 1 in 9,710 baby boys to 1 in 6,420.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Layne's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Layne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Layne in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 24 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 94 | #3,936 |
| 1940s | 95 | 233 | #1,474 |
| 1950s | 267 | 882 | #845 |
| 1960s | 178 | 1,025 | #807 |
| 1970s | 182 | 548 | #1,156 |
| 1980s | 501 | 532 | #1,463 |
| 1990s | 881 | 1,554 | #717 |
| 2000s | 1,038 | 3,109 | #661 |
| 2010s | 1,024 | 3,869 | #711 |
| 2020–25 | 1,507 | 2,467 | #662 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.7% of babies named Layne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Layne is most popular
The index compares Layne's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Layne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.64× | 520 |
| Missouri | 1.93× | 555 |
| Iowa | 1.90× | 319 |
| Washington | 1.80× | 396 |
| Indiana | 1.78× | 555 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Layne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Layne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Layne (2021).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data