Dayton
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #1,097 for boys in 2025, 195 births
Given to boys 96.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 568 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,759since 1880
Dayton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dayton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #1,097 | 195 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,181 | 175 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #1,144 | 183 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #1,093 | 198 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #1,075 | 198 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #979 | 218 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | #919 | 238 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #844 | 264 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #837 | 264 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #888 | 246 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #764 | 312 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #702 | 352 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #702 | 338 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #598 | 423 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | #612 | 394 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #586 | 428 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | #521 | 519 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 | #486 | 568 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #512 | 515 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #538 | 469 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #533 | 456 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #508 | 483 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #502 | 486 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #498 | 463 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #506 | 452 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #562 | 371 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | #561 | 356 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #559 | 353 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #621 | 279 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #623 | 278 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #709 | 224 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #752 | 195 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #848 | 156 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #983 | 121 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,014 | 113 |
| 1990 | — | #878 | 137 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,184 | 81 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,154 | 76 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,367 | 54 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,118 | 71 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,258 | 58 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,349 | 49 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,464 | 43 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,236 | 55 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,291 | 52 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,407 | 44 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,438 | 42 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,646 | 32 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,171 | 50 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,199 | 47 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,479 | 28 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,229 | 41 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,129 | 45 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,138 | 43 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,311 | 33 | |
| 1953 | — | #966 | 55 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #972 | 52 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,105 | 41 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,029 | 46 | |
| 1948 | — | #954 | 53 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #899 | 50 | |
| 1944 | — | #906 | 49 | |
| 1943 | — | #869 | 59 | |
| 1942 | — | #876 | 56 | |
| 1941 | — | #905 | 49 | |
| 1940 | — | #967 | 44 | |
| 1939 | — | #700 | 72 | |
| 1938 | — | #912 | 48 | |
| 1937 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1936 | — | #787 | 60 | |
| 1935 | — | #814 | 58 | |
| 1934 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1933 | — | #775 | 62 | |
| 1932 | — | #735 | 72 | |
| 1931 | — | #756 | 67 | |
| 1930 | — | #873 | 57 | |
| 1929 | — | #859 | 59 | |
| 1928 | — | #854 | 60 | |
| 1927 | — | #774 | 72 | |
| 1926 | — | #783 | 69 | |
| 1925 | — | #670 | 90 | |
| 1924 | — | #737 | 81 | |
| 1923 | — | #698 | 86 | |
| 1922 | — | #754 | 77 | |
| 1921 | — | #768 | 76 | |
| 1920 | — | #691 | 86 | |
| 1919 | — | #657 | 88 | |
| 1918 | — | #674 | 85 | |
| 1917 | — | #749 | 69 | |
| 1916 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1915 | — | #690 | 71 | |
| 1914 | — | #751 | 49 | |
| 1913 | — | #711 | 42 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,000 | 21 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dayton was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dayton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 84 spots since 2024 (#1,181 → #1,097)
- 118 spots since 2020 (#979 → #1,097)
- 333 spots since 2015 (#764 → #1,097)
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1910 (#1,155 → #782)
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1954 (#966 → #1,311)
Rise & fade · boys
128 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2008 at #486 (568 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1910–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,592
- Highest: 1 in 3,592 boys born in 2008 were named Dayton (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,759 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 30.3% of all boys named Dayton (4,782) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #641 (1885) | #736 |
| 1890s | 80 | #567 (1894) | #804 |
| 1900s | 54 | #810 (1904) | #978 |
| 1910s | 518 | #657 (1919) | #770 |
| 1920s | 756 | #670 (1925) | #759 |
| 1930s | 609 | #700 (1939) | #801 |
| 1940s | 509 | #869 (1943) | #932 |
| 1950s | 453 | #939 (1952) | #1,114 |
| 1960s | 339 | #1,206 (1965) | #1,347 |
| 1970s | 386 | #1,171 (1974) | #1,437 |
| 1980s | 590 | #1,118 (1986) | #1,272 |
| 1990s | 2,212 | #559 (1998) | #755 |
| 2000s | 4,782 | #486 (2008) | #517 |
| 2010s | 3,259 | #586 (2010) | #745 |
| 2020s | 1,167 | #979 (2020) | #1,095 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dayton in 1940
boys
#967
44 births · 1 in 26,345 boys
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 26,345 of them was named Dayton, which outranked 75.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).