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How popular is the name Layne?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laynes are alive today.
Layne (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1798th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Layne is one spelling of a name also recorded as Laine and Lane; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Layne you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Laynes born in England and Wales are between 8 and 31, and there are at least 430 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Layne - on average, only one in every 705 such rooms contains a Layne.
How many babies are named Layne each year?
Includes all spellings: Layne, Laine, Lane. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Layne spelling rank?
Where does the Laine spelling rank?
Where does the Lane spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Layne most popular?
Layne peaked in 2025, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Layne?
At least 430 people named Layne in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Layne?
Most living Laynes are between 8 and 31; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Layne becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.