Layden Boy
How popular is Layden?
#4,395 boy name in 2025
23 baby boys were named Layden in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
Layden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,395 for boys (▼ 1125 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,983 in 2015, #2,436 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (85 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,755 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1999 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 94% boys, 6% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Layden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Layden family of names ranked #2,428 for boys in 2025 (#1,751 the year before), with 40 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Layden | 23 | 57% |
| Laiden | 11 | 28% |
| Ladon | 6 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Layden is most popular
Babies named Layden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Layden by decade
Boy names about as popular as Layden
Questions
- Is Layden a boy or girl name?
- Layden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Layden were boys.
- How popular is the name Layden?
- 23 baby boys were named Layden in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
- When was Layden most popular?
- Layden peaked in 2012, when 85 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,755 in 2012.
- How many people are named Layden?
- 1,205 babies have been named Layden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,195 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Layden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Layden was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.