Layne

boys’ name · 72%girls’ name · 28%At its peakCompare

Layne is ranked 695th among boys in 2024 (387 births). Its best rank was 563rd, in 1959.

Rank in 2024: #695down 45 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3870.02% of boys
Peak year: 2012432 births
Best rank: #563in 1959
Since 1918: 19,457people given the name

Babies named Layne, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

13,935 boys have been named Layne in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 432 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2012, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 28%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Layne is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (5,522), most of them born around 2021.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Layne
1910s	7
1920s	35
1930s	94
1940s	233
1950s	882
1960s	1,025
1970s	548
1980s	532
1990s	1,554
2000s	3,109
2010s	3,869
2020s	2,047

In 2012, its biggest year

Layne was the 591st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.

Names that rose and fell with Layne

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.