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Layton Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Layton

Pronunciation: LAY-tun

Meaning Leek farm Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#714
TREND
22
GIRLS RANK
#2,088
TREND
31
Peak Years
2015, 2019, 2023
Lowest Years
1880, 1881, 1895
Energy Archetype
Wise & Balanced

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Layton in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Layton

  • More than 13 thousand babies named Layton: U.S. records list 13,323 babies given the name Layton from 1880 through 2025. Even 1,171 girls received the name Layton - about 1 girl for every 10 boys.

What Does the Name Layton Mean?

Layton is an English surname used as a given name, taken from one or more places in England. The usual explanation traces it to Old English lēac, meaning "leek" or "garlic," combined with tūn, meaning "enclosure, farmstead, settlement." Taken literally, the place name meant something like "leek farm" or "settlement with a kitchen garden."

Some of the places behind the surname may instead come from Old English lēah, "wood, clearing," plus tūn, which would give "settlement by the wood." Because several different English villages carry similar names, no single derivation covers every family that took the surname, and the two explanations are not always easy to separate in surviving medieval spellings.

Layton Name History & Origins

Layton belongs to the large group of English surnames taken from the place where a family lived or held land. Places spelled Layton, Leighton, and Leyton are found in different counties - among them Layton in Lancashire, Leyton in Essex, and Leighton in Shropshire and Bedfordshire - and the surname could arise independently from any of them. Medieval spellings of such names vary a good deal, and the forms Layton and Leighton have often been used interchangeably for the same place or family, so the modern spellings do not mark clearly separate origins.

Layton is used as a first name mainly in English-speaking countries, following the general English habit of turning surnames into given names. The spelling Leighton has been the more frequent given-name form. The name also appears in recent popular culture, most notably as the surname of a fictional professor in a series of puzzle video games first released in the 2000s; this is a modern use of a name whose origins as a surname are medieval.

How Popular is the Name Layton?

Layton recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2015. Its best rank was #541 in 2015.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Layton Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.

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