Boys' name · since 1996
Daeton
Daeton has 240 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,102 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
240 babies have been named Daeton since 1996, making it today's #10102 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daeton has been recorded 240 times among boys since 1996, currently ranked #10102 nationally and more common than 27% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #11,908 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,102 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daeton ranks #11,908 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,102 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 240 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,102 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daeton's 240 recorded births place it above 73.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Daeton compares
240 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Daeton's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daeton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Daeton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daeton's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daeton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Daeton by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (156 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Daeton's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Daeton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
156 births
- 2010s 57
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 156 births (65% of all-time use).
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What to do with Daeton's data
- Daeton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (156 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daeton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daeton draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.