Boys' name · since 1994
Jayston
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 226 babies named Jayston, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 226
- total births
- 1994–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Jayston sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 226 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayston has been recorded 226 times among boys since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2023.
- 226 total births
- 1994–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jayston's 226 recorded births place it above 73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jayston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jayston's full recorded timeline at 2011, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jayston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2023
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jayston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Jayston's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jayston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 113 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jayston's decade-level peak was the 2010s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1994–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jayston: Baby Name Since 1994 - 226 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jayston. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jayston 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 July 2026.