Layton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Layton: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #144, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#144highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#680
1997	#613
1998	#657
1999	#553
2000	#415
2001	#484
2002	#400
2003	#344
2004	#321
2005	#264
2006	#242
2007	#199
2008	#195
2009	#179
2010	#179
2011	#161
2012	#163
2013	#176
2014	#175
2015	#204
2016	#241
2017	#238
2018	#270
2019	#314
2020	#320
2021	#375
2022	#422
2023	#456
2024	#479

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #144 among boys in Scotland, #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #479 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #680 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Layton appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,750 births with the name.

Layton across 3 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.

Layton'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	#680 (1996)	#161 (2011)	#479 (2024)	29 of 29	4,750 (1996–2024)	360 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#616 (2012)	#376 (2015)	#676 (2025)	14 of 14	80 (2012–2025)	10 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#346 (2012)	#303 (2013)	#339 (2024)	8 of 13	31 (2012–2024)	5 (2013)

Layton 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 Layton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	110	4 of 10	28
2000s	1,377	10 of 10	138
2010sbusiest	2,732	10 of 10	273
2020s	531	5 of 10	106

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 273 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 82, from 156 to 238.

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

Layton 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #144 in Scotland in 2024.

Layton'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	male	#479	83	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#456	88	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#422	98	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#375	119	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#320	143	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#314	150	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#270	188	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#238	226	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#241	226	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#204	283	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#175	321	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#176	317	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#163	360	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#161	358	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#179	303	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#179	291	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#195	244	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#199	238	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#242	156	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#264	125	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#321	93	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#344	79	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#400	57	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#484	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#415	52	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#553	34	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#613	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#680	23	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#144	32	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #144, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 360 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Keeva · #144, 32y
Colton · #142, 26y
Paisley · #146, 30y
Winnie · #142, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Keeva · #144, 32y
Struan · #144, 21y
Bertine · #143, 23y
Macaulay · #143, 29y

Layton was ranked #144 in Scotland · Boys 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.

Layton 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 Layton without appearing here.

Layton moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #657 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #553 and #1082.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #657 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #553 and #973.
Derek Compare
In 1998 they stood at #657 and #544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #553 and #906.
Taylor Compare
In 2023 they stood at #496 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #785.

Moved ahead of Layton

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #303 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #126.
Theodore Compare
In 2014 they stood at #303 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #211.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #680 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #613 and #484.
Mathias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #456 and #500 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #479 and #406.

Moved the opposite way to Layton

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Layton went from #680 to #320 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Layton went from #680 to #314 while Shannon went from #1168 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Layton went from #680 to #204 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Layton went from #680 to #204 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #144 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Layton

Layton at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Layton across 3 official records

Layton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Layton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Layton at a glance

Layton across 3 official records

Layton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Layton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Layton

Layton and the names beside it

Layton moved ahead of

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