Given name & surname
Crayton
“from the border town”
Crayton is a variant of Creighton. One Scottish interpretation is “from the border town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Crayton is a variant of Creighton. One Scottish interpretation is “from the border town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Crayton is a variant of Creighton. An origin associated with Creighton is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crayton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 674
- 674 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 500 as a first name in 2020; 5,521 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Crayton’s family of names
Crayton has a related form in Creighton.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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