# Leyton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leyton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “enclosure”, “settlement”, “town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪtən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,972 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,543 / 429 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,688, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 7,295 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7,036 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,235 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,107 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,610 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,572 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,698 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,994 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,543 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,256 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,864 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,878 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,082 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,542 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,505 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 134 | 1,284 |
| 2012 | 109 | 1,485 |
| 2013 | 115 | 1,442 |
| 2014 | 131 | 1,332 |
| 2015 | 117 | 1,449 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,475 |
| 2017 | 81 | 1,838 |
| 2018 | 102 | 1,613 |
| 2019 | 86 | 1,799 |
| 2020 | 82 | 1,824 |
| 2021 | 82 | 1,880 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,183 |
| 2023 | 52 | 2,568 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,223 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,436 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 97 | 411 |
| 2012 | 113 | 372 |
| 2013 | 98 | 412 |
| 2014 | 93 | 434 |
| 2015 | 102 | 410 |
| 2016 | 74 | 525 |
| 2017 | 45 | 761 |
| 2018 | 43 | 763 |
| 2019 | 44 | 740 |
| 2020 | 28 | 993 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.