Layne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Layne: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Layne: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2021	#2201
2022	#3970
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #5891 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Layne appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 183 births with the name.

Layne across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Layne's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1716 (2005)	#4270 (2024)	25 of 29	183 (1996–2024)	11 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2201 (2021)	#5891 (2024)	7 of 29	36 (1996–2024)	12 (2021)

Layne by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Layne in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	47	7 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Layne appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Layne's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Layland · #1935, 16y
Layna · #446, 27y
Laynie · #2432, 20y
Layth · #630, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adanna · #790, 26y
Bonny · #790, 26y
Briar · #790, 24y
Franki · #790, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adanna · #790, 26y
Ariadne · #790, 26y
Arwyn · #790, 23y
Bali · #790, 10y

Layne was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Layne and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Layne without appearing here.

Layne moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2613 and #4647.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3009 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Layne

Liv Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #1439.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1958.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1347.

Moved the opposite way to Layne

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Layne

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Layne went from #2020 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Layne

Layne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Layne across 2 official records

Layne by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Layne across 2 official records

Layne by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Layne

Layne and the names beside it

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