Layden
Layden was the 4480th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1767th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,488 places. More babies were named Layden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,480 boys, down 2,027 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201285 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,205babies recorded
Layden popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | — | #4,480 | — | 23 |
| 2020 | — | #2,453 | — | 53 |
| 2010 | #16,108 | #2,028 | 6 | 68 |
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How popular is Layden, counting every spelling?
Layden is the most common spelling of a name family that had 34 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 34 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layden | 23 | #4,480 | 181 |
| Laiden | 11 | #7,461 | 72 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Layden?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Layden (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Layden born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Layden.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Layden?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Layden are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 7 and 16. That makes Layden a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Layden by state
How common Layden was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Layden: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Layden, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Layden
How popular is the name Layden?
Layden was the 4480th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 1767th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,488 places. More babies were named Layden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Layden a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Layden in the US.
Where is Layden most popular?
In 2021–2025, Layden was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.