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“English place-name surname: 'watercourse settlement' or 'leek enclosure'” — Old English (place-name surname) origin
Girl's name · #2088 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Layton is near its high-water mark: it reached #1993 in 2023 and still ranked #2088 in 2025. About 1,200 girls have carried it since 1991. It is also an American family name — about 20,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data. About 82% of babies named Layton in recent years have been boys.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 16 notable people named Layton:
Similar names: Harlowe · Layana · Swayze · Brighton · Ellington · Halston
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