Caton

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Catarina

Caton has been given to 257 babies in the U.S. since 1975. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2004, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Caton, 2020

1 in 668,000

Caton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Caton over time

In 2020, Caton went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19752020

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Caton: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Catarina

Latin

What Caton means

Caton is a diminutive of Catarina.

Origin, language, and formation

Caton is used in French and Occitan. Its origins include Latin.

Caton comes through Latin Catō.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Catarina.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Caton is pronounced /ka.tɔ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 199 boys were recorded with the name Caton between 1975 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2004; its best national rank was #3,998 in 1975.

In the United States, 58 girls were recorded with the name Caton between 1991 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2003; its best national rank was #8,616 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Caton?

Caton had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 668,000; 5 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,344 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Caton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Catons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caton was born before 2002 — so the typical Caton is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 199; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.7% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Caton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2004 (11)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,998; 1975

Spellings of Caton

Caton is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 29.6% against Caton's <0.01%.

Jason29.6%1,052,030
Aaron17.3%614,462
Mason9.7%342,583
Colton4.3%151,965
Clayton3.9%139,344
Carson3.7%132,774
Jaxon3.2%113,651
Dalton2.4%85,710

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Caton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,998; 1975
Peak year: 2004; 11 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 199
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,616; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 12 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 58
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Caton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cathy Cato Platon Kayton Daiton Bexton Daeton Maston Bolton Halton Haston Renton Koston Kyston Aceton Axeton Luxton Staton Orton Cathan Tyton Upton Afton Kaston

Sibling names for Caton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iyanna Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci Delanie

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

Explore around Caton

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