Draylon — #8561 US boys' name
219 babies named Draylon in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Draylon was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Draylon in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Draylon
The Social Security Administration has registered 219 babies named Draylon between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Draylon currently holds the #8561 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Draylon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Draylon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Draylon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Draylon 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 219 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.
Draylon at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Draylon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #8561 among boys.
219 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 20 births in a single year.
Draylon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 79 births that decade — 36% of Draylon's all-time total
Draylon decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Draylon's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Draylon by state
Where Draylon concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 38 | 17.4% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 5 | 2.3% |
38 of 219 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.4% of nationwide
- Mississippi 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.