Drayton — #3335 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Drayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,012 babies named Drayton between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Drayton currently holds the #3335 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Drayton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 560 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Drayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 209 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Drayton in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Drayton 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 2,012 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.