Slayton — #6524 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Slayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 448 babies named Slayton between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Slayton currently holds the #6524 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Slayton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Slayton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Slayton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Slayton 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 448 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.