Slayton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SLAY-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Slayton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Slayton mean?
English: English surname, probably from a place name
Deke Slayton was one of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts.
Is Slayton a girl's or a boy's name?
Slayton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Slayton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Slayton, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had the most boys named Slayton of any year since it first appeared, in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Slayton in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Slayton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Slayton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stetson, Deacon, Hudson, Easton, Colson, Cannon, Boston, Jackson, Kingston, Dawson, Grayson, Mason
Names related to Slayton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Slayton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/slayton, updated 20 October 2026.