Town of slates or settlement near slates
Slaton is an English habitational surname derived from Old English. It likely refers to a village or homestead where slate was quarried or used for roofing. It follows the popular trend of using occupational or locational surnames as modern first names.
Less common today
Slaton isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #6,675 in 2009.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
A character in the Western novel 'Slaton's Gun' · Slaton's Gun by Lee Hoffman
