Unisex name · since 1975
Caton
199 babies named Caton in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,966 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caton sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 199 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caton has been recorded 199 times among boys since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2020.
- #12,966 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 199 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caton ranks #12,966 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,966 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caton's 199 recorded births place it above 71.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caton's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caton popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2020
- Peak year (2004)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Caton popularity over time - girls
58 total births recorded since 1991 (Caton as girls' name)
Caton by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Caton's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Caton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Caton's data
- Caton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~45 yrs)
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, 1975–2020 (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 Caton 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.