Boys' name · since 1983
Jayton
Jayton has 929 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,382 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,576 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 929
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jayton currently ranks #6576 among boys' names in America, with 929 babies recorded since 1983.
Jayton has 929 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6576 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #5,382 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,576 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 929 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayton ranks #5,382 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,576 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 929 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,382 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,576 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 929
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jayton's 929 recorded births place it above 88.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Jayton compares
929 Top 33% higher than 67% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jayton's all-time total is 152% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jayton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 929 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jayton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jayton's full recorded timeline at 2005, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 56 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jayton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Jayton by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (361 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Jayton's strongest decade.
361 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jayton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
154 births
- 2000s
2000s
361 births
- 2010s
2010s
280 births
- 2020s 101
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 361 births (39% of all-time use).
How Jayton compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jayton's total volume
Jayton by state
Where Jayton concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 355 | 38.2% |
355 of 929 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jayton's data
- Jayton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (361 total births); usage has since declined to 101 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jaytons (355 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jayton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jayton 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 August 2026.