Leyton
Leyton was the 2436th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 56 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1230th with 144 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 987 places. More babies were named Leyton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,436 boys, down 612 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 56boys
- Girls and boys
- 26% girls, 74% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2010144 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,972babies recorded
Leyton popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,505 | #2,436 | 31 | 56 |
| 2020 | #5,256 | #1,824 | 24 | 82 |
| 2010 | #5,527 | #1,230 | 25 | 144 |
| 2000 | — | #2,963 | — | 30 |
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How popular is Leyton, counting every spelling?
Leyton is the most common spelling of a name family that had 67 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 67 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leyton | 56 | #2,436 | 322 |
| Lleyton | 11 | #7,478 | 56 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Leyton?
56 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leyton (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Leyton 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 150 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leyton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leyton?
About 2,500 people born in the US named Leyton are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 9 and 20. That makes Leyton mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Leyton by state
How common Leyton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Leyton
How popular is the name Leyton?
Leyton was the 2436th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 56 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1230th with 144 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 987 places. More babies were named Leyton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Leyton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 26% girls, 74% boys given the name Leyton in the US.
Where is Leyton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Leyton was most common in Wisconsin (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Minnesota and Tennessee.