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Leyton

#2,436 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Leek + settlement, through Leighton

Leyton has been given to 2,972 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #2,436 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 144 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Leyton, 2025

1 in 59,200

Leyton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Leyton over time

In 2025, Leyton went to 36% girls and 64% boys.

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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.

Leyton: meaning, origin, and history

Leek + settlement, through Leighton

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leyton means

Leyton belongs to the name family reached through Leyton → Leighton. Its meaning is “leek + settlement”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Leyton (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Leyton is used in English.

Leyton comes through Old English tūn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Leighton.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Leyton is pronounced /ˈleɪtən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,543 boys were recorded with the name Leyton between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 144 in 2010; its best national rank was #1,230 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,824 in 2020 to #2,436 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,449 in 2015 to #2,436 in 2025.

In the United States, 429 girls were recorded with the name Leyton between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,504 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,252 in 2020 to #4,504 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,608 in 2015 to #4,504 in 2025.

How common is Leyton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 59,200
56 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 30,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,436
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
41,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Leyton 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 2025 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 41,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leyton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Leytons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leyton was born before 2011 — so the typical Leyton is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,543
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.7% of all recorded uses (1,136).

Is Leyton 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
−213
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−612
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−987
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.48×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.9%
Peak was 2010 (144)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,230
2010

Spellings of Leyton

Leyton is not the most common spelling — Leon is, with 26.9% against Leyton's 0.38%.

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.

Where Leyton is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Leyton was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 38,868 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 20,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 20,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Iowa1 in 25,000
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 33,333
  6. 6Michigan1 in 33,333
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 33,333
  8. 8Oregon1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Leyton is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Leyton was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 818,728 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Leyton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Leyton around the world

Where Leyton ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,307
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2002–2023
    #533
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2011–2021
    #433
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    2013–2014
    #550
    in 2014
  • France
    2007–2025
    #1,795
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1974–2004
    #589
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Leyton

People whose public names include Leyton, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Leyton in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Leyton. Linked forms have their own page here.

Layton

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Leyton by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,436
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 612
Best rank ever
#1,230
2010
Peak year
2010
144 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,543
Count in 2025
56

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,504
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 748
Best rank ever
#4,504
2025
Peak year
2025
31 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
429
Count in 2025
31

Names similar to Leyton

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

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Names with a curve like Leyton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Leyton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GraydenOmTyceZavionJayvenArmaanIshanSiddharthKaylebBrightonAthanFilip

Sibling names for Leyton

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

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