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.
46% of everyone ever named Daelon was born in this single decade.
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 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daelon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1993
- Peak year (2009)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
280 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 21 births in a single year.
Daelon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 130 births that decade — 46% of Daelon's all-time total
Daelon decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Daelon's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Daelon by state
Where Daelon concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.9% |
11 of 280 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.