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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Layne” in the USA?

Number of people named “Layne” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Layne” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Layne” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Layne” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Layne” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Layne” by birth year

This chart shows how “Layne” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1930 9 0.000004048 9 -100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1936 11 0.000005295 11 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 23 0.000010438 6 17 -48%
1940 24 0.000010423 24 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 7 18 -44%
1942 19 0.000006955 5 14 -47%
1943 31 0.000010983 11 20 -29%
1944 26 0.000009665 6 20 -54%
1945 34 0.000012816 13 21 -24%
1946 29 0.000009076 14 15 -3%
1947 40 0.000011104 9 31 -55%
1948 51 0.000014772 15 36 -41%
1949 49 0.000014061 15 34 -39%
1950 78 0.000022264 26 52 -33%
1951 105 0.000028504 31 74 -41%
1952 100 0.00002633 26 74 -48%
1953 90 0.000023355 21 69 -53%
1954 95 0.000023865 16 79 -66%
1955 98 0.000024408 22 76 -55%
1956 109 0.000026437 37 72 -32%
1957 132 0.000031413 26 106 -61%
1958 110 0.000026609 22 88 -60%
1959 232 0.000055796 40 192 -66%
1960 175 0.00004213 25 150 -71%
1961 129 0.000031142 21 108 -67%
1962 157 0.000038906 18 139 -77%
1963 125 0.00003158 22 103 -65%
1964 122 0.000031382 19 103 -69%
1965 100 0.000027583 15 85 -70%
1966 90 0.000025894 14 76 -69%
1967 90 0.00002651 14 76 -69%
1968 110 0.00003256 16 94 -71%
1969 105 0.000030213 14 91 -73%
1970 103 0.000028559 22 81 -57%
1971 85 0.000024764 21 64 -51%
1972 63 0.000020045 15 48 -52%
1973 67 0.000022208 12 55 -64%
1974 56 0.000018421 17 39 -39%
1975 67 0.00002219 13 54 -61%
1976 80 0.000026365 23 57 -43%
1977 70 0.000022037 18 52 -49%
1978 62 0.000019535 18 44 -42%
1979 77 0.000023144 23 54 -40%
1980 72 0.000020903 21 51 -42%
1981 106 0.000030641 61 45 15%
1982 110 0.000031357 63 47 15%
1983 120 0.000034649 67 53 12%
1984 112 0.000032103 54 58 -4%
1985 92 0.000025777 46 46 0%
1986 92 0.000025864 41 51 -11%
1987 103 0.000028567 47 56 -9%
1988 103 0.000027875 53 50 3%
1989 123 0.000031994 48 75 -22%
1990 137 0.000034662 68 69 -1%
1991 154 0.000039535 80 74 4%
1992 147 0.000038269 66 81 -10%
1993 176 0.000046681 94 82 7%
1994 226 0.000060791 85 141 -25%
1995 293 0.000080008 72 221 -51%
1996 336 0.000092126 112 224 -33%
1997 333 0.000091843 103 230 -38%
1998 314 0.000085368 93 221 -41%
1999 319 0.000086359 108 211 -32%
2000 308 0.000081484 95 213 -38%
2001 311 0.00008308 111 200 -29%
2002 372 0.000099511 109 263 -41%
2003 455 0.000119664 120 335 -47%
2004 429 0.000112277 109 320 -49%
2005 429 0.000111578 104 325 -52%
2006 442 0.000111724 122 320 -45%
2007 436 0.000109063 76 360 -65%
2008 474 0.00012059 79 395 -67%
2009 491 0.000128528 113 378 -54%
2010 503 0.000136103 92 411 -63%
2011 516 0.000141069 85 431 -67%
2012 512 0.000139991 80 432 -69%
2013 500 0.000137149 95 405 -62%
2014 511 0.000137871 92 419 -64%
2015 441 0.00011916 91 350 -59%
2016 414 0.000112847 74 340 -64%
2017 445 0.000124434 91 354 -59%
2018 433 0.000123155 83 350 -62%
2019 617 0.000177762 240 377 -22%
2020 675 0.000202061 278 397 -18%
2021 765 0.0002258 333 432 -13%
2022 703 0.000207795 293 410 -17%
2023 686 0.000207176 265 421 -23%
2024 569 0.000170948 182 387 -36%

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