Layne

#1,396 for girls in 2025, 156 births · #662 for boys in 2025, 414 births
Given to boys 71.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1959 · 192 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,355
since 1918

Layne over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #561, 1959girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,396156#662414
2024#1,275182#695389
2023#974265#648423
2022#923293#666410
2021#829333#636434
2020#929278#663397
2019#1,059241#680377
2018#2,21783#693350
2017#2,10891#695354
2016#2,46374#720340
2015#2,11391#711350
2014#2,09692#628419
2013#2,03295#615405
2012#2,33680#591432
2011#2,21685#583431
2010#2,13692#606411
2009#1,866113#656378
2008#2,41979#624395
2007#2,45776#666360
2006#1,709122#694320
2005#1,855104#661325
2004#1,756109#645320
2003#1,605120#619335
2002#1,683109#691263
2001#1,641111#822200
2000#1,81795#779213
1999#1,560108#757211
1998#1,70993#736221
1997#1,562103#693230
1996#1,466112#707224
1995#1,92072#717221
1994#1,72885#924141
1993#1,61194#1,25482
1992#2,05966#1,25581
1991#1,77980#1,30874
1990#1,98968#1,33669
1989#2,40848#1,24375
1988#2,15253#1,50150
1987#2,27647#1,31656
1986#2,42041#1,38551
1985#2,22246#1,45246
1984#1,92254#1,19858
1983#1,64467#1,26553
1982#1,75563#1,38247
1981#1,80961#1,41145
1980#3,71921#1,31351
1979#3,44223#1,25554
1978#3,92418#1,39344
1977#3,91118#1,22152
1976#3,09523#1,12357
1975#4,59313#1,14654
1974#3,69517#1,37039
1973#4,58612#1,09355
1972#3,89415#1,17748
1971#3,16621#1,01464
1970#3,03022#89581
1969#3,77414#80991
1968#3,31516#76594
1967#3,48414#82276
1966#3,40014#83576
1965#3,26415#80685
1964#2,91519#753103
1963#2,61922#757103
1962#2,92218#657139
1961#2,67321#740108
1960#2,36925#635150
1959#1,74140#561192
1958#2,44922#79688
1957#2,16826#728106
1956#1,73837#88072
1955#2,34122#84476
1954#2,77916#81379
1953#2,30121#86369
1952#1,97826#81474
1951#1,74031#82074
1950#1,87126#96052
1949#2,62015#1,22734
1948#2,58915#1,19436
1947#3,7069#1,31631
1946#2,59714#1,88415
1945#2,45813#1,44521
1944#4,0546#1,52520
1943#2,86111#1,57720
1942#4,6225#1,94614
1941#3,5597#1,63318
1940—#1,36824
1939#3,7826#1,63617
1938—#2,6468
1937—#2,9057
1936—#2,18411
1935—#3,6455
1934—#2,12112
1933—#2,09312
1932—#3,7765
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Layne! It came in at #3,368, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Layne is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedIDMontana: #183 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 887 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #452 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,901 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedHITexas: #830 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 10,934 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Layne, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#183 · 1 in 887
  2. Oklahoma#452 · 1 in 3,901
  3. Texas#830 · 1 in 10,934

Best ever in a state: #89 in Wyoming, 2025.

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Montana#18351 in 887
Oklahoma#45251 in 3,901
Texas#830141 in 10,934
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Layne
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 33 spots since 2024 (#695 → #662)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#663 → #662)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#711 → #662)
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1994 (#1,254 → #924)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1971 (#895 → #1,014)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1959 at #561 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,031
  • Highest: 1 in 4,031 boys born in 2021 were named Layne (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,126 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #561 in 1959, was only 1 in 11,117 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.0% of all boys named Layne (3,869) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
  • Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,368 (1918)#3,368
1920s35#3,697 (1928)#3,839
1930s94#1,636 (1939)#2,665
1940s233#1,194 (1948)#1,512
1950s882#561 (1959)#808
1960s1,025#635 (1960)#758
1970s548#895 (1970)#1,169
1980s532#1,198 (1984)#1,347
1990s1,554#693 (1997)#969
2000s3,109#619 (2003)#686
2010s3,869#583 (2011)#652
2020s2,467#636 (2021)#662

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Layne in 1993

girls
#1,611
94 births · 1 in 19,245 girls
boys
#1,254
82 births · 1 in 23,919 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #1,611Layne94

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #1,254Layne82
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 19,245 of them was named Layne, which outranked 89.8% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Layne
  1. #1,603Shivani95
  2. #1,603Torrie95
  3. #1,603Venessa95
  4. #1,611Layne94
  5. #1,611Anthony94
  6. #1,611Astrid94
  7. #1,611Caley94
  8. #1,629Cami93
  9. #1,629Dorian93
  10. #1,629Ieshia93

Tied with 17 names at #1,611; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 23,919 of them was named Layne, which outranked 87.7% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Layne
  1. #1,248Markel83
  2. #1,248Menachem83
  3. #1,248Tray83
  4. #1,254Layne82
  5. #1,254Giovanny82
  6. #1,254Jovanni82
  7. #1,254Karim82
  8. #1,261Alain81
  9. #1,261Delvin81
  10. #1,261Gianni81

Tied with 6 names at #1,254; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1993 →