Dreyton
Boy · DRAY-tun · English
Dreyton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement by a portage”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Dreyton mean?
English: variant of Drayton, an English place name
“settlement by a portage”
A spelling of Drayton, an English place name from Old English draeg, a place where boats or loads were dragged, and tun 'settlement'.
- Say it
- DRAY-tun
Is Dreyton a girl's or a boy's name?
Dreyton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dreyton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Dreyton, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Dreyton in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Dreyton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
- Drayton 50
- Dreyton 6
Dreyton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Dreyton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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