Drayton

#2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births

Peak · boys: #1,863
2012 · 78 births
Debut · boys: 1915
5 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 2,063
since 1915

Drayton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Drayton has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	boys
	rank	births
2025	#2,604	50
2024	#3,272	36
2023	#3,629	31
2022	#3,003	41
2021	#3,814	28
2020	#3,274	34
2019	#3,496	32
2018	#3,373	33
2017	#2,755	44
2016	#2,587	48
2015	#2,864	41
2014	#3,297	33
2013	#2,336	54
2012	#1,863	78
2011	#2,376	53
2010	#2,287	56
2009	#2,077	66
2008	#1,948	73
2007	#2,213	60
2006	#2,285	55
2005	#2,206	54
2004	#2,283	50
2003	#1,906	61
2002	#2,504	39
2001	#2,117	49
2000	#1,944	53
1999	#2,347	38
1998	#1,899	51
1997	#2,024	44
1996	#2,073	41
1995	#2,299	34
1994	#2,392	32
1993	#2,399	31
1992	#3,105	21
1991	#3,636	16
1990	#2,695	24
1989	#4,527	11
1988	#3,915	12
1987	#3,521	13
1986	#3,440	13
1985	#4,333	9
1984	#3,925	10
1983	#6,238	5
1982	#5,003	7
1981	#6,262	5
1980	#3,838	10
1979	#4,403	8
1978	#4,157	8
1977	#3,836	9
1976	#5,587	5
1975	#3,428	10
1974	—
1973	#3,694	8
1972	#3,622	8
1971	#2,973	11
1970	#2,891	11
1969	#3,314	8
1968	#3,673	6
1967	#3,966	5
1966	#3,948	5
1965	#2,780	9
1964	#2,854	9
1963	#3,318	7
1962	#3,640	6
1961	#3,652	6
1960	—
1959	—
1958	#3,033	8
1957	#3,024	8
1956	#3,535	6
1955	#3,505	6
1954	#3,827	5
1953	#3,425	6
1952	#2,514	10
1951	#3,066	7
1950	—
1949	—
1948	#3,010	7
1947	#2,671	9
1946	#3,173	6
1945	#3,338	5
1944	#3,109	6
1943	—
1942	#2,712	8
1941	#2,872	7
1940	#3,459	5
1939	#2,829	7
1938	#3,175	6
1937	—
1936	#3,147	6
1935	—
1934	—
1933	#2,368	10
1932	#3,361	6
1931	#3,390	6
1930	#3,592	6
1929	#3,247	7
1928	#2,387	12
1927	—
1926	—
1925	#4,197	5
1924	—
1923	#3,822	6
1922	#3,252	8
1921	—
1920	#2,602	11
1919	#2,877	9
1918	#3,728	6
1917	#2,956	8
1916	#2,259	12
1915	#3,825	5
1914	—
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First appearance

1915

The first year at least five boys were named Drayton! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys

Rising

668 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #2,604)
670 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #2,604)
260 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #2,604)

Rise & fade · boys

97 yrs to peak

Debuted 1915
Peaked 2012 at #1,863 (78 births)
Births halved by 2014, 2 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Never in the top 1,000

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: never

Share of babies · boys

1 in 24,320

Highest: 1 in 24,320 boys born in 2012 were named Drayton (0.00%)
Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)

Era · boys

The 2000s

27.1% of all boys named Drayton (560) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1910s	40	#2,259 (1916)	#3,129
1920s	49	#2,387 (1928)	#3,251
1930s	47	#2,368 (1933)	#3,123
1940s	53	#2,671 (1947)	#3,043
1950s	56	#2,514 (1952)	#3,241
1960s	61	#2,780 (1965)	#3,461
1970s	78	#2,891 (1970)	#3,843
1980s	95	#3,440 (1986)	#4,500
1990s	332	#1,899 (1998)	#2,487
2000s	560	#1,906 (2003)	#2,148
2010s	472	#1,863 (2012)	#2,723
2020s	220	#2,604 (2025)	#3,266

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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