Meaning and history
From a surname derived from the names of English towns meaning “town with a leek garden” in Old English, Layton began rising in popularity in the 1990s, like similar-sounding names such as Peyton and Dayton.
20062006: 301 births, rank #718
2007: 286 births, rank #767
2008: 286 births, rank #775
2009: 355 births, rank #683
2010: 375 births, rank #643
20112011: 376 births, rank #626
2012: 404 births, rank #609
2013: 322 births, rank #725
2014: 411 births, rank #639
2015: 528 births, rank #541
20162016: 418 births, rank #636
2017: 328 births, rank #727
2018: 384 births, rank #658
2019: 481 births, rank #580
2020: 437 births, rank #621
20212021: 437 births, rank #632
2022: 437 births, rank #634
2023: 457 births, rank #611
2024: 391 births, rank #693
20252025: 377 births, rank #710
Layton moved from #693 to #714 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 528 births.