Layle
The Story of Layle
As a girl name
Layle first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1968, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1968: 6 births, good for #6,246 nationwide. About 65% of every Layle on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Layle last appeared in the published SSA data in 1971, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Layle on the record books as a boy name in 1938, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1938, when 5 Layles were born — ranking #3,534 that year. Layle last appeared in the published SSA data in 1938, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Layle
Layle is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Layle's peak popularity came in 1968 when it ranked #6,246. Use the chart and map above to compare Layle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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