Layden

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 58 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
58
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Layden by the numbers

Layden was given to 58 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 85 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Layden

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Layden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Landenlong hill or open grassy hill; a spelling variant of Landon755 in the US (2017)
  • Leydensettlement on clay soil8 in the US (2017)
  • Layken64 in the US (2017)
  • Laiden19 in the US (2017)
  • Layten19 in the US (2017)
  • Laden5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Layden

Names that are said the same way as Layden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Layden

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