Drayton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Drayton is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,612 for boy births in the United States (and #5,615 across all names), given to 50 babies. Drayton was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 2012 (78 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | #2,612 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | #3,290 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | #3,644 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | #3,018 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | #3,839 |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | #3,513 |
| 2018 | 33 | 33 | #3,392 |
| 2017 | 44 | 44 | #2,769 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 | #2,595 |
| 2015 | 41 | 41 | #2,874 |
| 2014 | 33 | 33 | #3,320 |
| 2013 | 54 | 54 | #2,342 |
| 2012 | 78 | 78 | #1,867 |
| 2011 | 53 | 53 | #2,386 |
| 2010 | 56 | 56 | #2,293 |
| 2009 | 66 | 66 | #2,080 |
| 2008 | 73 | 73 | #1,954 |
| 2007 | 60 | 60 | #2,220 |
| 2006 | 55 | 55 | #2,295 |
| 2005 | 54 | 54 | #2,213 |
| 2004 | 50 | 50 | #2,289 |
| 2003 | 61 | 61 | #1,913 |
| 2002 | 39 | 39 | #2,518 |
| 2001 | 49 | 49 | #2,127 |
| 2000 | 53 | 53 | #1,950 |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | #2,363 |
| 1998 | 51 | 51 | #1,906 |
| 1997 | 44 | — | #2,034 |
| 1996 | 41 | — | #2,083 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | #2,311 |
| 1994 | 32 | — | #2,406 |
| 1993 | 31 | — | #2,415 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #3,699 |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #2,719 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,599 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #3,981 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #3,587 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #3,499 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #4,427 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,002 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,523 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,177 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,548 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #3,921 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,531 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,262 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #3,929 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #5,846 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #3,500 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #3,796 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,725 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #3,019 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #2,943 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | #3,393 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,819 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #4,119 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,107 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,846 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #2,911 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,411 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,745 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #3,760 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,099 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,083 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,638 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,601 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #3,971 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,528 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,568 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,145 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,079 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,716 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,266 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,444 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,202 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,767 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #2,948 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,585 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #2,904 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,263 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,251 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,414 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,479 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #3,691 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,316 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,428 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,377 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #3,933 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,324 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,644 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #2,942 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #3,837 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,008 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,299 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #3,981 |