How Many People Are Named Laydon?
An estimated 114 people in the United States have the first name Laydon. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 12 years old, and Laydon peaked in popularity in 2012 with 12 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Laydon as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Laydon paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
114
About 1 in 3,006,617 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
12
years old
Peak Year
2012
12 births
Total Registered
115
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Laydon
Laydon is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 115 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Laydon as a male name
Ranked #11,738 in 2024
6 male births in 2024
Peak: 2012 (12 births)
Laydon: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Laydon span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 67 babies were registered. While Laydon is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Laydon by Decade
How has Laydon tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Laydon + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Laydon as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Laydon
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Laydon: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Laydon?
We estimate approximately 114 people named Laydon are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 3,006,617 Americans share this first name.
Is Laydon a common name?
Laydon is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 66.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 115 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Laydon most popular?
Laydon reached peak popularity in 2012, when 12 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Laydon is approximately 12 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Laydon a male name?
Laydon is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Laydon Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Laydon Smith, Laydon Johnson, Laydon Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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