Ayrton
Ayrton is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Ayrton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ayrton is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Ayrton
Ayrton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1986, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 46 Ayrtons were born — ranking #2,632 that year. As of 2026, Ayrton ranks #3,418 for baby boys with 34 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). In total, more than 888 Ayrtons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ayrton
Ayrton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 888 births in the dataset. Ayrton's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #2,444. Use the chart and map above to compare Ayrton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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