Leyton

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #2,421 for boys in 2025, 56 births
Given to boys 85.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2010 · 144 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,543
since 1961

Leyton over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #1,228, 2010girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,46031#2,42156
2024#5,44323#2,21065
2023#5,96020#2,54152
2022#6,70717#2,16867
2021#5,74821#1,87082
2020#5,16824#1,81582
2019#5,44923#1,79086
2018#7,76214#1,606102
2017#6,53118#1,82981
2016#6,40119#1,467117
2015#6,45219#1,444117
2014#5,02527#1,329131
2013#5,14326#1,433115
2012#6,87218#1,478109
2011#7,11817#1,279134
2010#5,41425#1,228144
2009#4,93129#1,409120
2008#7,40817#1,516107
2007#17,6365#1,317130
2006#10,61110#1,306126
2005#13,0107#1,323114
2004#9,89210#1,62979
2003#10,4259#1,52984
2002#1,62074
2001#2,15148
2000#2,92230
1999#4,34116
1998#3,59720
1997#6,6188
1996#5,9829
1995#8,8685
1994#5,10911
1993#6,8167
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five boys were named Leyton! It came in at #4,065, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Leyton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 211 spots since 2024 (#2,210#2,421)
  • 606 spots since 2020 (#1,815#2,421)
  • 977 spots since 2015 (#1,444#2,421)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 2010 at #1,228 (144 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 12 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 13,324
  • Highest: 1 in 13,324 boys born in 2010 were named Leyton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,501 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 44.7% of all boys named Leyton (1,136) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#4,065 (1961)#4,065
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907
1980s0
1990s81#3,597 (1998)#6,221
2000s912#1,306 (2006)#1,672
2010s1,136#1,228 (2010)#1,488
2020s404#1,815 (2020)#2,171

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.

Leyton in 2011

girls
#7,118
17 births · 1 in 103,474 girls
boys
#1,279
134 births · 1 in 14,174 boys

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #7,118Leyton17

Top boys' names in 2011

  1. #1Jacob20,403
  2. #2Mason19,530
  3. #3William17,362
  4. #4Jayden17,019
  5. #5Noah16,883
  6. #6Michael16,823
  7. #7Ethan16,702
  8. #8Alexander15,717
  9. #9Aiden15,520
  10. #10Daniel15,307
  11. #1,279Leyton134
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 103,474 of them was named Leyton, which outranked 63.7% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leyton
  1. #6,855Zaydee18
  2. #6,855Zelie18
  3. #6,855Zetta18
  4. #7,118Leyton17
  5. #7,118Aariana17
  6. #7,118Aarohi17
  7. #7,118Abegail17
  8. #7,436Aanika16
  9. #7,436Aasha16
  10. #7,436Aashritha16

Tied with 317 names at #7,118; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. 814Milania#1,629#815
  2. 554Alianna#1,529#975
  3. 444Hattie#1,438#994
  4. 419Aviana#1,185#766
  5. 414Avianna#1,249#835
Fallers
  1. 1,131Allisson#796#1,927
  2. 350Shaniya#565#915
  3. 346Brisa#464#810
  4. 335Alexus#976#1,311
  5. 273Abigale#909#1,182

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 14,174 of them was named Leyton, which outranked 91.1% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leyton
  1. #1,271Rishi135
  2. #1,271Tobin135
  3. #1,271Tristyn135
  4. #1,279Leyton134
  5. #1,279Dallin134
  6. #1,279Haven134
  7. #1,279Jamarcus134
  8. #1,285Aven133
  9. #1,285Dontae133
  10. #1,285Finnian133

Tied with 5 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. 869Flynn#1,806#937
  2. 601Raylan#1,299#698
  3. 415Brantley#735#320
  4. 405Bowen#1,127#722
  5. 328Crosby#1,068#740
Fallers
  1. 336Jencarlos#928#1,264
  2. 308Keshawn#997#1,305
  3. 284Octavio#928#1,212
  4. 268Talan#976#1,244
  5. 242Antony#956#1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2011