Calton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Calton

The Social Security Administration has registered 299 babies named Calton between 1915 and 2012, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calton performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Calton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Calton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calton 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 299 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.