Leyton
Recorded 1961–2025 · United States
Leyton was most popular in 2010, when 169 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,467 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,890, with 87 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,972 people named Leyton.
Leyton over time
How old is the name Leyton?
Leyton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1961, which makes it about 64 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 65 years since.
How many people are named Leyton?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,972 American births named Leyton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,940 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Leyton in 2025?
87 American babies were named Leyton in 2025, ranking #3,890 that year.
Is Leyton getting more or less popular?
Leyton is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 87 births a year, against 143 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -39% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Leyton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Leyton is mostly a boy’s name — 14.4% of the 2,972 Americans given it were girls and 85.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Leyton?
Roughly 2,940 Americans named Leyton are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 8 and 19. That is a narrow band because Leyton is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Leyton is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org