Paton

Boys' name

Patrician, through Patrick

Paton has been given to 87 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 2005, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Paton, 2017

1 in 596,000

Paton over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Paton: meaning, origin, and history

Patrician, through Patrick

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Paton means

Paton belongs to the name family reached through Paton → Patrick. Its meaning is “patrician”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Paton is used in English.

Paton comes through Old French -on.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Patrick.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 87 boys were recorded with the name Paton between 1975 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2005; its best national rank was #6,066 in 1975.

How common is Paton?

Paton had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 596,000; 6 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 308,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 413,245 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Paton 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 2017 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 413,245 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Patons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paton was born before 2007 — so the typical Paton is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 37.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 87; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 37.9% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Paton 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 2005 (8)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,066; 1975

Spellings of Paton

Paton is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 35.0% against Paton's <0.01%.

Jason35.0%1,052,030
Aaron20.4%614,462
Mason11.4%342,583
Jaxon3.8%113,651
Dalton2.8%85,710
Easton2.6%79,440
Ramon2.6%77,429
Damon2.3%68,841

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.

Paton around the world

Where Paton 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.

South Australia
2011–2011
#840
in 2011

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Paton 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: #6,066; 1975
Peak year: 2005; 8 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 87
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Paton

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

Patton Patti Pate Buxton Baxton Coston Staton Patty Ruxton Axeton Deaton Aceton Kyston Ripton Renton Reston Daton Haston Halton Patick Efton Daiton Kayton Eaton

Sibling names for Paton

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

Jaci Yahaira Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese Annalisa

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Yair Kadin Tye Deshaun

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