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Dayton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 195 in 2025. Its best rank was #486 in 2008.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #486 in 2008; #1,099 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Dayton in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,099 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2008, at #486.
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Dayton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 195 boys in 2025. Peak: #486 in 2008 · most boys in one year: 568 (2008).
In 2025, 195 US boys were named Dayton, making it the 1,099th most common boys’ name of the year, up 84 places from #1,183 in 2024. That is 20 more than the 175 boys named Dayton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #486, reached in 2008. That year also had the most boys given the name: 568. For comparison, it was #764 in 2015 and #1,106 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dayton in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 8 babies. In all, 16,395 US babies have been given the name, 3.9% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 5,022 babies named Dayton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,179 US boys were named Dayton; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 264. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,759 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dayton ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #360 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Dayten, Daeton and Daiton are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dayten (271), Daeton (240), Daiton (178), Daton (94), Daytin (56), Dathon (17), Daythan (11), Daiten (11), Daityn (6), Daetyn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dayton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 10 | #360 | #400 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #577 | — |
| Colorado | 8 | #638 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #665 | #530 |
| Michigan | 11 | #688 | #643 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #723 | #529 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #811 | #429 |
| Washington | 6 | #924 | #472 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,057 | #1,022 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,069 | #763 |
| Texas | 21 | #1,074 | #800 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,127 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,278 | #1,065 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,321 | #1,246 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,682 | #884 |
| California | 6 | #2,256 | #993 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,605 | 195 | #1,099 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,717 | 175 | #1,183 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,346 | 183 | #1,145 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,658 | 198 | #1,094 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,235 | 198 | #1,075 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,305 | 218 | #980 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,068 | 238 | #920 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,319 | 264 | #844 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,480 | 264 | #837 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,843 | 246 | #888 |
| 2015 | 17 | #7,060 | 312 | #764 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,075 | 352 | #702 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,049 | 338 | #702 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,544 | 423 | #598 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,398 | 394 | #612 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,386 | 428 | #586 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,256 | 519 | #523 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,788 | 568 | #486 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,205 | 515 | #512 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,124 | 469 | #538 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,340 | 456 | #533 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,417 | 483 | #508 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,641 | 486 | #502 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,416 | 463 | #498 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,873 | 452 | #507 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,690 | 371 | #562 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,477 | 356 | #561 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,666 | 353 | #560 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,571 | 279 | #621 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,479 | 278 | #623 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,736 | 224 | #709 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,783 | 195 | #752 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,630 | 156 | #849 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,924 | 121 | #984 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,692 | 113 | #1,015 |
| 1990 | — | — | 137 | #878 |
| 1989 | — | — | 81 | #1,186 |
| 1988 | — | — | 76 | #1,156 |
| 1987 | — | — | 54 | #1,370 |
| 1986 | — | — | 71 | #1,122 |
| 1985 | — | — | 58 | #1,260 |
| 1984 | — | — | 49 | #1,353 |
| 1983 | — | — | 51 | #1,297 |
| 1982 | — | — | 43 | #1,465 |
| 1981 | — | — | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1980 | — | — | 52 | #1,297 |
| 1979 | — | — | 44 | #1,409 |
| 1978 | — | — | 42 | #1,441 |
| 1977 | — | — | 34 | #1,617 |
| 1976 | — | — | 32 | #1,653 |
| 1975 | — | — | 32 | #1,597 |
| 1974 | — | — | 50 | #1,172 |
| 1973 | — | — | 32 | #1,522 |
| 1972 | — | — | 36 | #1,426 |
| 1971 | — | — | 47 | #1,203 |
| 1970 | — | — | 37 | #1,379 |
| 1969 | — | — | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1968 | — | — | 32 | #1,368 |
| 1967 | — | — | 37 | #1,233 |
| 1966 | — | — | 36 | #1,264 |
| 1965 | — | — | 40 | #1,211 |
| 1964 | — | — | 36 | #1,315 |
| 1963 | — | — | 29 | #1,462 |
| 1962 | — | — | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1961 | — | — | 30 | #1,471 |
| 1960 | — | — | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1959 | — | — | 40 | #1,234 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,117 |
| 1957 | — | — | 40 | #1,236 |
| 1956 | — | — | 45 | #1,131 |
| 1955 | — | — | 43 | #1,140 |
| 1954 | — | — | 33 | #1,316 |
| 1953 | — | — | 55 | #969 |
| 1952 | — | — | 57 | #940 |
| 1951 | — | — | 52 | #974 |
| 1950 | — | — | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1949 | — | — | 46 | #1,031 |
| 1948 | — | — | 53 | #956 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #941 |
| 1946 | — | — | 47 | #987 |
| 1945 | — | — | 50 | #902 |
| 1944 | — | — | 49 | #910 |
| 1943 | — | — | 59 | #871 |
| 1942 | — | — | 56 | #882 |
| 1941 | — | — | 49 | #908 |
| 1940 | — | — | 44 | #968 |
| 1939 | — | — | 72 | #701 |
| 1938 | — | — | 48 | #914 |
| 1937 | — | — | 62 | #782 |
| 1936 | — | — | 60 | #789 |
| 1935 | — | — | 58 | #818 |
| 1934 | — | — | 51 | #882 |
| 1933 | — | — | 62 | #776 |
| 1932 | — | — | 72 | #736 |
| 1931 | — | — | 67 | #761 |
| 1930 | — | — | 57 | #875 |
| 1929 | — | — | 59 | #861 |
| 1928 | — | — | 60 | #856 |
| 1927 | — | — | 72 | #775 |
| 1926 | — | — | 69 | #786 |
| 1925 | — | — | 90 | #672 |
| 1924 | — | — | 81 | #737 |
| 1923 | — | — | 86 | #699 |
| 1922 | — | — | 77 | #755 |
| 1921 | — | — | 76 | #768 |
| 1920 | — | — | 86 | #693 |
| 1919 | — | — | 88 | #660 |
| 1918 | — | — | 85 | #675 |
| 1917 | — | — | 69 | #751 |
| 1916 | — | — | 65 | #760 |
| 1915 | — | — | 71 | #693 |
| 1914 | — | — | 49 | #755 |
| 1913 | — | — | 42 | #716 |
| 1912 | — | — | 21 | #1,005 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #938 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #788 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,180 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,038 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #883 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,021 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #823 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #977 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,071 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #960 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #757 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,102 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #916 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #703 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #573 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #783 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #983 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #786 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #679 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #835 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #699 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #871 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #657 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #771 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #697 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).