Caton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Caton

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Caton between 1975 and 2020, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Caton is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 58 additional births since 1991.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Caton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caton 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 199 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.