Leyton — #2213 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Leyton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,487 babies named Leyton between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leyton currently holds the #2213 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 144 babies received it in a single year. Leyton is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 398 additional births since 2003.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leyton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Leyton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Leyton in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leyton 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 2,487 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.