Drayton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DRAY-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Drayton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “farmstead by a portage”. In 2025 it ranked 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Drayton mean?
English: English place name and surname
“farmstead by a portage”
From Old English draeg, a place where loads were dragged, and tun, 'farmstead, settlement'.
Is Drayton a girl's or a boy's name?
Drayton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drayton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Drayton, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Drayton than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Drayton in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Drayton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #2,604 for this spelling alone.
- Drayton 50
- Dreyton 6
Drayton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 54 | #2,335 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Nicknames for Drayton
Names like Drayton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dawson Jackson Mason Hudson Grayson Ashton Easton Dalton Bryson Weston Braxton Colton
Other spellings of Drayton
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Drayton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drayton, updated 20 October 2026.