Daejon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Daejon

The Social Security Administration has registered 354 babies named Daejon between 1991 and 2022, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daejon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daejon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Daejon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daejon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daejon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 354 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.