Kayton
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KAY-tun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kayton is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Kayton come from?
Modern: Kay with the ending -ton, as in Clayton or Keaton
Is Kayton a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kayton has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Kayton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Kayton, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Kayton in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Kayton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Kayson Kyaire Deacon Braylen Kashton Kyson Kylan Rayden Kian Cannon Brecken
Names related to Kayton
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Kayton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayton, updated 20 October 2026.