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

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Peak · boys
#486
2008 · 568 births
Debut · boys
1880
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,759
since 1880

Dayton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dayton has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #486, 2008boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617#1,097195
2024#9,55610#1,181175
2023#7,24715#1,144183
2022#8,54212#1,093198
2021#6,17419#1,075198
2020#7,21215#979218
2019#5,04126#919238
2018#6,24819#844264
2017#9,34111#837264
2016#5,79622#888246
2015#6,97717#764312
2014#6,98717#702352
2013#5,01327#702338
2012#7,45616#598423
2011#6,33520#612394
2010#8,27114#586428
2009#5,22627#521519
2008#4,76131#486568
2007#8,09815#512515
2006#5,08627#538469
2005#6,24519#533456
2004#5,37723#508483
2003#5,58621#502486
2002#4,38128#498463
2001#4,83424#506452
2000#4,64925#562371
1999#4,44525#561356
1998#7,53212#559353
1997#6,48314#621279
1996#6,39214#623278
1995#6,64113#709224
1994#5,71316#752195
1993#7,49811#848156
1992#8,7349#983121
1991#13,1475#1,014113
1990—#878137
1989—#1,18481
1988—#1,15476
1987—#1,36754
1986—#1,11871
1985—#1,25858
1984—#1,34949
1983—#1,29651
1982—#1,46443
1981—#1,23655
1980—#1,29152
1979—#1,40744
1978—#1,43842
1977—#1,60734
1976—#1,64632
1975—#1,59332
1974—#1,17150
1973—#1,51432
1972—#1,41836
1971—#1,19947
1970—#1,37437
1969—#1,46330
1968—#1,36632
1967—#1,23137
1966—#1,25936
1965—#1,20640
1964—#1,31136
1963—#1,45529
1962—#1,47928
1961—#1,46730
1960—#1,22941
1959—#1,22840
1958—#1,11447
1957—#1,23440
1956—#1,12945
1955—#1,13843
1954—#1,31133
1953—#96655
1952—#93957
1951—#97252
1950—#1,10541
1949—#1,02946
1948—#95453
1947—#93856
1946—#98047
1945—#89950
1944—#90649
1943—#86959
1942—#87656
1941—#90549
1940—#96744
1939—#70072
1938—#91248
1937—#78162
1936—#78760
1935—#81458
1934—#88151
1933—#77562
1932—#73572
1931—#75667
1930—#87357
1929—#85959
1928—#85460
1927—#77472
1926—#78369
1925—#67090
1924—#73781
1923—#69886
1922—#75477
1921—#76876
1920—#69186
1919—#65788
1918—#67485
1917—#74969
1916—#75765
1915—#69071
1914—#75149
1913—#71142
1912—#1,00021
1911—#92513
1910—#78215
1909—#1,1557
1908—#1,0218
1907—#86610
1906——
1905—#1,0027
1904—#8109
1903——
1902——
1901—#9436
1900—#1,0507
1899—#9286
1898—#7449
1897—#1,0575
1896—#9007
1895—#68510
1894—#56713
1893—#7688
1892—#9566
1891—#7667
1890—#6679
1889——
1888—#8157
1887—#6798
1886—#8456
1885—#6419
1884——
1883——
1882—#7547
1881——
1880—#6828
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.

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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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#641 (1885)#736
1890s80#567 (1894)#804
1900s54#810 (1904)#978
1910s518#657 (1919)#770
1920s756#670 (1925)#759
1930s609#700 (1939)#801
1940s509#869 (1943)#932
1950s453#939 (1952)#1,114
1960s339#1,206 (1965)#1,347
1970s386#1,171 (1974)#1,437
1980s590#1,118 (1986)#1,272
1990s2,212#559 (1998)#755
2000s4,782#486 (2008)#517
2010s3,259#586 (2010)#745
2020s1,167#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 1949

boys
#1,029
46 births · 1 in 38,564 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #1,029Dayton46
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 38,564 of them was named Dayton, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dayton
  1. #1,013Theadore47
  2. #1,013Theodis47
  3. #1,013Wyman47
  4. #1,029Dayton46
  5. #1,029Allyn46
  6. #1,029Benson46
  7. #1,029Deane46
  8. #1,047Arther45
  9. #1,047Carlyle45
  10. #1,047Cloyd45

Tied with 17 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949 →