Layton

Where Layton comes from

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.
— Wiktionary's entry for Layton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1938
    Layton Kor born
    American rock climber
  3. 1994
    Layton Williams born
    British actor
  4. 2015
    Peak, #541
    528 babies named Layton — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Layton Williams · British actor, born 1994
  • Layton Kor · American rock climber, 1938–2013
  • Layton Stewart · English association football player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.