Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Drayton

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Drayton
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1915Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

55.1%

2024

All-time

2,012

Drayton has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 78 boys were named Drayton.

In 2024, only 35 boys were given the name.

Down 55.1% from its peak.

All told, about 2,012 Americans have been named Drayton and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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