Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Drayton

#3,084 most common boys' name of all time · #7,471 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#3,084
Rank overall
#7,471 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
2,063
Since 2016
377
Peak year
2012 #1,868
Best rank
#1,868 2012
Girls Boys peak 78/yr
192019401960198020002020

Drayton first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 50 50 #2,607
2024 — 36 36 #3,288
2023 — 31 31 #3,640
2022 — 41 41 #3,018
2021 — 28 28 #3,837
2020 — 34 34 #3,287
2019 — 32 32 #3,503
2018 — 33 33 #3,390
2017 — 44 44 #2,766
2016 — 48 48 #2,602
2015 — 41 41 #2,877
2014 — 33 33 #3,308
2013 — 54 54 #2,339
2012 — 78 78 #1,868
2011 — 53 53 #2,382
2010 — 56 56 #2,296
2009 — 66 66 #2,087
2008 — 73 73 #1,956
2007 — 60 60 #2,217
2006 — 55 55 #2,291
2005 — 54 54 #2,215
2004 — 50 50 #2,288
2003 — 61 61 #1,914
2002 — 39 39 #2,516
2001 — 49 49 #2,120
2000 — 53 53 #1,947
1999 — 38 38 #2,361
1998 — 51 51 #1,907
1997 — 44 44 #2,031
1996 — 41 41 #2,085
1995 — 34 34 #2,310
1994 — 32 32 #2,401
1993 — 31 31 #2,412
1992 — 21 21 #3,134
1991 — 16 16 #3,677
1990 — 24 24 #2,724
1989 — 11 11 #4,589
1988 — 12 12 #3,960
1987 — 13 13 #3,574
1986 — 13 13 #3,490
1985 — 9 9 #4,438
1984 — 10 10 #3,999
1983 — 5 5 #6,458
1982 — 7 7 #5,151
1981 — 5 5 #6,487
1980 — 10 10 #3,923
1979 — 8 8 #4,524
1978 — 8 8 #4,272
1977 — 9 9 #3,932
1976 — 5 5 #5,799
1975 — 10 10 #3,519
1973 — 8 8 #3,816
1972 — 8 8 #3,745
1971 — 11 11 #3,046
1970 — 11 11 #2,981
1969 — 8 8 #3,430
1968 — 6 6 #3,865
1967 — 5 5 #4,206
1966 — 5 5 #4,196
1965 — 9 9 #2,892
1964 — 9 9 #2,967
1963 — 7 7 #3,479
1962 — 6 6 #3,822
1961 — 6 6 #3,842
1958 — 8 8 #3,171
1957 — 8 8 #3,166
1956 — 6 6 #3,733
1955 — 6 6 #3,715
1954 — 5 5 #4,085
1953 — 6 6 #3,638
1952 — 10 10 #2,637
1951 — 7 7 #3,255
1948 — 7 7 #3,210
1947 — 9 9 #2,821
1946 — 6 6 #3,413
1945 — 5 5 #3,620
1944 — 6 6 #3,333
1942 — 8 8 #2,901
1941 — 7 7 #3,060
1940 — 5 5 #3,747
1939 — 7 7 #3,047
1938 — 6 6 #3,444
1936 — 6 6 #3,435
1933 — 10 10 #2,521
1932 — 6 6 #3,645
1931 — 6 6 #3,638
1930 — 6 6 #3,871
1929 — 7 7 #3,487
1928 — 12 12 #2,507
1925 — 5 5 #4,554
1923 — 6 6 #4,090
1922 — 8 8 #3,477
1920 — 11 11 #2,750
1919 — 9 9 #3,082
1918 — 6 6 #4,023
1917 — 8 8 #3,178
1916 — 12 12 #2,385
1915 — 5 5 #4,196