How Many People Are Named Leyton?
people named Leyton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,213 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,972 babies named Leyton in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
169 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant of LAYTON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Leyton in English. Counting Leyton and these spellings together, about 34,956 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Leyton, 14.5% were girls and 85.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Leyton rose from 8.7% in the 2000s to 25.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leyton alive today is about 13 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leyton first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 2010, to 169 babies. In 2025, 87 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leyton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,230, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #2,436. Among girls, its best rank was #4,504, in 2025.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,436 | #4,504 |
| Best rank | #1,230 (2010) | #4,504 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,472 in the 2010s | #6,179 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leyton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leyton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 266 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leyton was given 4.4 times as often in Minnesota, 3.2 times in Indiana and 2.4 times in Texas.
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