Kayton — #10336 US boys' name
173 babies named Kayton in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to boys today.
57% of everyone ever named Kayton was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Kayton in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayton
The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Kayton between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kayton currently holds the #10336 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Kayton is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 167 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kayton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayton 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 173 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.
Kayton at a glance
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Current rank
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Kayton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #10336 among boys.
173 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 13 births in a single year.
Kayton popularity over time — girls
167 total births recorded since 1992 (Kayton as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kayton accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kayton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 98 births that decade — 57% of Kayton's all-time total
Kayton decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kayton's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.