Blayton — boys' name
298 babies named Blayton in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Blayton was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Blayton in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blayton
The Social Security Administration has registered 298 babies named Blayton between 1996 and 2023, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Blayton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blayton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Blayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blayton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 298 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Blayton at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Blayton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1996
- Peak year (2006)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
298 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 24 births in a single year.
Blayton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 154 births that decade — 52% of Blayton's all-time total
Blayton decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Blayton's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.