Recorded 1993–2022 Boys' name Peak 2009 280 births

Daelon — boys' name

280 babies named Daelon in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s472000s1302010s852020s18
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Daelon was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

21 babies were named Daelon in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Daelon

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Daelon between 1993 and 2022, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daelon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daelon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Daelon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daelon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daelon 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 280 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.

Daelon at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

280

Since 1993

30 years of records

Peak year

2009

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1993

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2022

Daelon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1993

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
21
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
0510152025 20222017201320092005200119971993 6

Daelon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
130 births that decade — 46% of Daelon's all-time total
1990s472000s1302010s852020s18

Daelon by state

Where Daelon concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Daelon
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
11 3.9%
Texas share of Daelon's total US births 3.9%

11 of 280 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daelon?
280 babies have been named Daelon since 1993. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2009 with 21 births.
When was Daelon most popular?
Daelon was most popular in the 2000s decade with 130 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Daelon most popular?
The top states for the name Daelon are Texas (11 births).
How long has the name Daelon been used?
Daelon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 30 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Daelon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Daemon, Daevon, Daegan, Daeshawn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.