How popular is the name Layne?

Layne ranks 1,162nd among girls' names in US records, with 13,956 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,011.

Is Layne a unisex name?

No. Layne is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2021, when 574 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Lane, Laine, Lain. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,162 of girl names

Pronounced L EY1 N (ARPABET)

Layne is a girls' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 13,956 children — the 1,162nd most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 66% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 574 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Lane, Laine and Lain — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Layne and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Layne?: Layne ranks 1,162nd among girls' names in US records, with 13,956 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,011.
Is Layne a unisex name?: No. Layne is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Layne most popular?: 2021, when 574 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Layne spelled?: Lane, Laine, Lain. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.