Slaton
Slaton is a city in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. Founded by German immigrants, Slaton was the westernmost German settlement in Texas. The population was 5,858 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 5,698 in 2024. Slaton is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Meaning & Origin of Slaton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Slaton is a city in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. Founded by German immigrants, Slaton was the westernmost German settlement in Texas. The population was 5,858 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 5,698 in 2024. Slaton is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Origin & history
The Story of Slaton
The earliest SSA record of Slaton as a baby boy name dates back to 1994, when 5 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Slaton — #6,435 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Slaton on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Slaton last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 140 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Slaton
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- Roy Alvin Baldwin (1885–1940), politician
- Jeremy Boreing (born 1979), media and movie producer
- Harry Burrus (1921–2004), footballer
- Dee Fondy (1924–1999), baseball player
- Bobby Keys (1943–2014), saxophonist
- Bill Lienhard (1930–2022), basketballer
- Buddy Parker (1913–1982), footballer
- Simon Salinas (born 1955), politician
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About the name Slaton
Slaton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 140 births in the dataset. Slaton's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #6,435. Use the chart and map above to compare Slaton'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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