Name meaning & stats
Layne
Layne. 19,892 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
19,892 US babies were named Layne between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Layne (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Layne is the main spelling
- Layne 97%
- Lain 2%
- Layn 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)