Slayter
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SLAY-ter
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Slayter is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “slate roofer”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Slayter mean?
English: spelling of Slater, an occupational surname
“slate roofer”
Is Slayter a girl's or a boy's name?
Slayter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Slayter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 104% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Slayter, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most boys named Slayter of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Slayter in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 175 boys in the US were given Slayter or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,071, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
- Slater 155
- Slayter 20
Slayter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Slayter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ledger Archer Wylder Baker Wilder Brewer Shepherd Colter Sevyn Walker Karter Ryder
Other spellings of Slayter
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Slayter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/slayter, updated 20 October 2026.