Drayton
Drayton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201278 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 2,012people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,012 boys have been named Drayton in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 78 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Drayton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | |
| 1920s | 49 | |
| 1930s | 47 | |
| 1940s | 53 | |
| 1950s | 56 | |
| 1960s | 61 | |
| 1970s | 78 | |
| 1980s | 95 | |
| 1990s | 332 | |
| 2000s | 560 | |
| 2010s | 472 | |
| 2020s | 169 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Drayton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2012 were Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Drayton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Pearcepeak 2010
- Dominicpeak 2013
- Gersonpeak 2008
- Rodrigopeak 2007
- Jhonnypeak 2006
- Obedpeak 2005
- Quinpeak 2004
- Mauriciopeak 2008
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.