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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Chayton

Chayton was the 4423rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1288th with 102 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,508 places. More babies were named Chayton in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,423 boys, down 993 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
23boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2001102 babies
Total since 1880
1,892babies recorded

Chayton popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 6 since 1999.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#4,42323
2020#3,43032
2010#1,81980
2000#1,48083
1990#7,3236
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How popular is Chayton, counting every spelling?

Chayton has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Chayton?

23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Chayton (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Chayton born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Chayton.

Chance of another Chayton in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Chayton?

About 1,900 people born in the US named Chayton are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 11 and 24. That makes Chayton mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Chayton by state

How common Chayton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Chayton, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Chayton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Chayton, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Chayton

How popular is the name Chayton?

Chayton was the 4423rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1288th with 102 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,508 places. More babies were named Chayton in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Chayton a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Chayton in the US.

Where is Chayton most popular?

In 2021–2025, Chayton was most common in North Carolina (0.02 per 1,000 boys).