Masculine dossier · first seen 1999

Layden

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Layden
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2012

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1999Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

57.6%

2024

All-time

1,108

Layden is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 85 boys were named Layden.

In 2024, only 36 boys were given the name.

Down 57.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,108 Americans have been named Layden and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1999.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2012

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