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How popular is the name Layton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laytons are alive today.
Layton (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Leighton in England and Wales, ranked 573rd in 2025 with 68 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 360 babies were given the name, the 163rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 19% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Leighton you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Leightons born in England and Wales are between 11 and 19, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 3.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Leighton.
How many babies are named Layton each year?
Includes all spellings: Layton, Laiton, Leighton, Leyton, Lleyton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Layton spelling rank?
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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 Layton most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Leighton, peaked in 2012, when 861 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Layton spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 360 babies.
How many people are called Layton?
At least 12,000 people named Layton in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Layton?
Most living Laytons are between 11 and 19; the most common age is about 13.
Is Layton becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.