Tayton — #4493 US boys' name
1,094 babies named Tayton in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Tayton was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Tayton in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tayton
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,094 babies named Tayton between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tayton currently holds the #4493 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 81 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tayton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 531 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Tayton in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tayton 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 1,094 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.
Tayton at a glance
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Current rank
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Tayton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2005)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #4493 among boys.
1,094 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 81 births in a single year.
Tayton popularity over time — girls
27 total births recorded since 2006 (Tayton as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tayton accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tayton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 531 births that decade — 49% of Tayton's all-time total
Tayton decade highlights
- Peak decade 531 births
- Runner-up 379 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tayton's strongest decade
531 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Tayton by state
Where Tayton concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 45 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Kansas | | 21 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Iowa | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | South Dakota | | 5 | 0.5% |
45 of 1,094 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Utah 4.1% of nationwide
- Texas 2.0% of nationwide
- Kansas 1.9% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.5% of nationwide
- Iowa 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.