Given name
Tayton
“a bringer of happiness”
Tayton is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a bringer of happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a bringer of happiness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tayton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,133
- 1,106 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,143 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,143 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 81 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 929 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tayton’s family of names
Tayton has a related form in Tayten. Tayton has a related form in Tayten. Tayton has a related form in Taytin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
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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