Layton

Meaning: Watercourse settlement, or leek enclosure
Origin: English surname

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 →

Popularity over time

Layton reached its best rank, #541, in 2015 and ranked #714 in 2025. Roughly 12,000 boys have been named Layton since 1880.

Across the states

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.

Around the world

See how Layton ranks in other countries and regions.

#226 in Scotland (2025) · #573 in England & Wales (2025) · #676 in Ireland (2025) · #1,049 in Canada (2025) · #5,044 in France (2025) · #339 in N. Ireland (2024) · #397 in New Zealand (2023) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #2,903 in Ecuador (2023) · #1,343 in Belgium (2008).

Famous Laytons

Layton Williams — British actor (born 1994)
Layton Stewart — English footballer (born 2002)
Layton Kor — American rock climber (1938–2013)
Layton Ndukwu — English footballer (born 1998)
Layton Freborg — American politician (1933–2026)

In stories & tradition

Layton T. Montgomery — Fictional human from Bee Movie

What Laytons become

Among 16 notable people named Layton:

Sports figures appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Layton Kor, American rock climber (1938–2013).

Similar names: Duke · Laith · Leighton · Dayton · Payton · Lawson

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