Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Layne**

#824 most common boys' name of all time · #1,875 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#824
Rank overall
#1,875 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
20,034
Since 2016
5,884
Peak year
2021 #637
Best rank
#563 1959
Girls Boys peak 767/yr
192019401960198020002020

Layne first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 156 414 570 #662
2024 182 389 571 #696
2023 265 423 688 #648
2022 293 410 703 #666
2021 333 434 767 #637
2020 278 397 675 #663
2019 241 377 618 #681
2018 83 350 433 #693
2017 91 354 445 #696
2016 74 340 414 #721
2015 91 350 441 #711
2014 92 419 511 #628
2013 95 405 500 #615
2012 80 432 512 #591
2011 85 431 516 #583
2010 92 411 503 #608
2009 113 378 491 #656
2008 79 395 474 #625
2007 76 360 436 #667
2006 122 320 442 #694
2005 104 325 429 #661
2004 109 320 429 #645
2003 120 335 455 #619
2002 109 263 372 #692
2001 111 200 311 #822
2000 95 213 308 #779
1999 108 211 319 #759
1998 93 221 314 #736
1997 103 230 333 #694
1996 112 224 336 #708
1995 72 221 293 #717
1994 85 141 226 #925
1993 94 82 176 #1,257
1992 66 81 147 #1,257
1991 80 74 154 #1,311
1990 68 69 137 #1,345
1989 48 75 123 #1,249
1988 53 50 103 #1,510
1987 47 56 103 #1,327
1986 41 51 92 #1,397
1985 46 46 92 #1,465
1984 54 58 112 #1,204
1983 67 53 120 #1,271
1982 63 47 110 #1,389
1981 61 45 106 #1,421
1980 21 51 72 #1,318
1979 23 54 77 #1,256
1978 18 44 62 #1,402
1977 18 52 70 #1,235
1976 23 57 80 #1,136
1975 13 54 67 #1,156
1974 17 39 56 #1,379
1973 12 55 67 #1,102
1972 15 48 63 #1,191
1971 21 64 85 #1,021
1970 22 81 103 #897
1969 14 91 105 #810
1968 16 94 110 #769
1967 14 76 90 #825
1966 14 76 90 #840
1965 15 85 100 #807
1964 19 103 122 #757
1963 22 103 125 #759
1962 18 139 157 #661
1961 21 108 129 #742
1960 25 150 175 #638
1959 40 192 232 #563
1958 22 88 110 #800
1957 26 106 132 #731
1956 37 72 109 #888
1955 22 76 98 #846
1954 16 79 95 #818
1953 21 69 90 #867
1952 26 74 100 #820
1951 31 74 105 #823
1950 26 52 78 #971
1949 15 34 49 #1,248
1948 15 36 51 #1,216
1947 9 31 40 #1,331
1946 14 15 29 #1,941
1945 13 21 34 #1,490
1944 6 20 26 #1,569
1943 11 20 31 #1,634
1942 5 14 19 #2,033
1941 7 18 25 #1,680
1940 24 24 #1,396
1939 6 17 23 #1,707
1938 8 8 #2,830
1937 7 7 #3,128
1936 11 11 #2,294
1935 5 5 #4,015
1934 12 12 #2,258
1933 12 12 #2,206
1932 5 5 #4,161
1931 8 8 #3,072
1930 9 9 #3,004
1928 6 6 #4,047
1927 6 6 #4,112
1926 6 6 #4,091
1925 6 6 #4,097
1924 6 6 #4,241
1923 5 5 #4,706
1918 7 7 #3,710