The table below indicates the number of times the name Layne has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Layne
Use of the Name Layne for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,559
4,210
2,572
2,431
1,325
650
315
The table below indicates the number of times the name Layne has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Layne first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1950, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Layne
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1950
971
51
1951
810
75
1952
811
75
1953
864
69
1954
816
79
1955
845
76
1956
883
72
1957
728
106
1958
800
88
1959
560
192
1960
636
150
1961
743
108
1962
662
138
1963
759
103
1964
756
103
1965
805
85
1966
838
76
1967
821
77
1968
770
93
1969
809
91
1970
899
80
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
926
141
1995
716
221
1996
708
223
1997
693
230
1998
735
221
1999
755
211
2000
776
213
2001
822
199
2002
687
263
2003
617
335
2004
645
315
Totals:
4,559
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Layne as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Layne appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 32 times during the last 125 years.