Layten

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Layten by the numbers

Layten was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Layten

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 Layten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Laynefrom the lane; a form of Lane443 in the US (2017)
  • Larsenson of Lars; patronymic surname used as given name29 in the US (2017)
  • Lawrena form of laurence or lawrence20 in the US (2017)
  • Laken237 in the US (2017)
  • Laiken129 in the US (2017)
  • Laykin42 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Layten

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

  • Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lawtonsettlement on the hill or stream45 in the US (2017)
  • Laityn19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Layten

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