A reliable meaning for Layney isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Layney through the years
Babies since 1880
190
0 boys · 190 girls
Most popular year
2023
16 babies
2025
10
#9,819 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+74%
Rising fast
Layney in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,819 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.