Chayton — #4360 US boys' name
1,863 babies named Chayton in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Chayton was born in this single decade.
102 babies were named Chayton in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chayton
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,863 babies named Chayton between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chayton currently holds the #4360 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 102 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chayton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 772 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Chayton in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chayton 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 1,863 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.
Chayton at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Chayton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2001)
- 102
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #4360 among boys.
1,863 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 102 births in a single year.
Chayton popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1999 (Chayton as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Chayton accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chayton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 772 births that decade — 41% of Chayton's all-time total
Chayton decade highlights
- Peak decade 772 births
- Runner-up 715 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Chayton's strongest decade
772 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Chayton by state
Where Chayton concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 90 | 4.8% |
| #2 | California | | 74 | 4.0% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 53 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 32 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
90 of 1,863 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.8% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 1.7% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Chayton appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1990–2024 (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.