Boys' name · since 2017
Ayston
Ayston has 11 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,207 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
11 boys have been named Ayston since 2017, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ayston has 11 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2020.
- #33,207 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayston ranks #33,207 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,207 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayston's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ayston's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ayston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2020
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Ayston by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Ayston's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ayston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ayston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.