NameTides

Layke

Layke was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Layke as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Layke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Layke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#6,143 (14)#3,256 (6)—
2024#8,987 (8)#2,922 (7)—
2023#7,289 (11)#2,814 (7)—
2022#5,633 (16)#2,756 (7)#703 (3)
2021#4,011 (26)#2,125 (10)—
2020#3,653 (29)#2,404 (8)#599 (4)
2019#4,639 (21)#3,411 (5)—
2018#9,670 (7)#3,959 (4)—
2017—#3,996 (4)—
2015#10,644 (6)——
2014#10,717 (6)#4,632 (3)—
2013#12,136 (5)——
2011—#4,647 (3)—
2008#11,037 (6)——
2007#9,788 (7)——

Layke as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Layke as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & Wales
Layke as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025—#4,201 (5)#632 (4)
2023#15,194 (5)——
2022#8,542 (12)#3,971 (5)—
2021#6,414 (18)——
2020#9,546 (10)——
2019#15,539 (5)——
2017#15,902 (5)——
2011#16,764 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #3,653.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.
  • In 2023, 31% of US babies named Layke were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 130,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Layke is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 110,000 to 1 in 430,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.