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
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 144 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,543since 1961
Leyton over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | #2,421 | 56 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #2,210 | 65 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #2,541 | 52 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #2,168 | 67 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #1,870 | 82 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #1,790 | 86 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | #1,606 | 102 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #1,829 | 81 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #1,467 | 117 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #1,444 | 117 |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | #1,329 | 131 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #1,433 | 115 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #1,478 | 109 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #1,279 | 134 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #1,228 | 144 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #1,409 | 120 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #1,516 | 107 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,317 | 130 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,306 | 126 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,323 | 114 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,629 | 79 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #1,529 | 84 |
| 2002 | — | #1,620 | 74 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,151 | 48 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Leyton is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#578 · 1 in 3,635
- Minnesota#647 · 1 in 3,999
- Michigan#981 · 1 in 7,957
- Florida#1,150 · 1 in 10,882
- Pennsylvania#1,195 · 1 in 11,846
Best ever in a state: #319 in Nebraska, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #578 | 6 | 1 in 3,635 |
| Minnesota | #647 | 7 | 1 in 3,999 |
| Michigan | #981 | 6 | 1 in 7,957 |
| Florida | #1,150 | 9 | 1 in 10,882 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,195 | 5 | 1 in 11,846 |
| Texas | #1,246 | 14 | 1 in 13,230 |
| Illinois | #1,311 | 5 | 1 in 12,834 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Leyton
- 211 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,421)
- 606 spots since 2020 (#1,815 → #2,421)
- 977 spots since 2015 (#1,444 → #2,421)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 2010 at #1,228 (144 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 44.7% of all boys named Leyton (1,136) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,065 (1961) | #4,065 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,907 (1971) | #4,907 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 81 | #3,597 (1998) | #6,221 |
| 2000s | 912 | #1,306 (2006) | #1,672 |
| 2010s | 1,136 | #1,228 (2010) | #1,488 |
| 2020s | 404 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 93,264 of them was named Leyton, which outranked 66.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,186Zeppelin20
- #6,186Zoella20
- #6,186Zuriah20
- #6,401Leyton19
- #6,401Abria19
- #6,401Adama19
- #6,401Addaleigh19
- #6,663Aarianna18
- #6,663Abigaile18
- #6,663Adilynne18
Tied with 261 names at #6,401; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 16,220 of them was named Leyton, which outranked 89.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,456Tobin118
- #1,456Tyrese118
- #1,456Umar118
- #1,467Leyton117
- #1,467Amias117
- #1,467Dakari117
- #1,467Damir117
- #1,478Aurelio116
- #1,478Geovanni116
- #1,478Lamont116
Tied with 10 names at #1,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.