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Leyton

Masculine · “leek farm”

Leyton is given to both — 2,543 boys and 429 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1961high 2010
#2421 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare56 boys in 2025

Leyton respells Leighton — the leek farm — and the Old English leac covered onions and garlic as well.

How old is the name Leyton?

Leyton first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Leyton alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 2,500 people named Leyton are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Leyton most popular?

Leyton peaked in 2010, reaching #1228 nationally. Today it ranks #2421, 1,193 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Leyton

A leactun was the herb and vegetable garden of an Anglo-Saxon settlement, and the word survives in Leighton, Layton and Laughton. Garlic is gar-leac, the spear-leek, named for its leaves. Leyton is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

leek farm, herb garden

Through Leighton, from the Old English leac, 'leek' or any allium, and tun, 'enclosure' or 'farm'. Leac also gives 'garlic', literally 'spear-leek'. Several English villages carry it. The elements are documented.

How the name formed

  1. leac tun
  2. Leighton
  3. Leyton

Related forms: Leighton · Layton

Pronouncing Leyton

LAY-tun

Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Leyton

Moderate

LeyThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
TonThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1961–20251447201445619612025

US babies named Leyton per year from 1961 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#12281960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1961
Most boys named
2010144 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1228reached in 2010
Change vs 2024
−13.8%56 in 2025, from 65
Leyton sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2010, with 144 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Leyton in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Leighton in English — spelling variant
  • Layton in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, North Carolina.

Leytons among us

2,500

people named Leyton are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 30,501 born in 2025 was named Leyton

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Leyton

#2421
Leyton on the 2025 chart
#861
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Leyton went to 56 boys in 2025, but Lleyton is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 67, which makes it the 861st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,560 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 25,494 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 30,501 for Leyton itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Tyre test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Leyton's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tyre climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tyre's path sketches the road Leyton is walking now.

40%chance Leyton will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Leyton, aligned on its peakTyre· peak 1992not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsTyre · #6770Leyton today
Leyton today is about where Tyre stood in 2007 — 15 years past a #1228-sized peak. By 2022, Tyre had settled around #6770.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Leyton sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Leyton is headed

19612030

US babies named Leyton per year, 1961 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Leyton should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-12% by 2030projected around #2,767 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Leyton beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Leyton in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Leytonthis name56#2421Idrees56#2421Rahmir56#2421Jin56#2421Fitzgerald56#2421

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That garlic means 'spear-leek' from the same root is a first-rate etymology.
  • The vegetable-garden meaning is concrete and belongs to real English places.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Leighton and Layton are both commoner spellings.
  • It reads unmistakably as a surname.
  • At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.

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Frequently asked

How many Leytons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Leyton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Leyton?
Leyton is the most-used spelling in US records — 56 of the 67 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Lleyton.
How popular is the name Leyton in 2025?
Leyton ranks #2421 among US boy names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Leyton?
About 1 in every 30,501 US boys born in 2025 was named Leyton — 56 in all.
Will my child share the name Leyton with classmates?
Leyton will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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