Boys' name · since 1995
Dailon
Dailon has 210 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,651 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
210 boys have been named Dailon since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dailon has 210 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2023.
- #12,651 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 210 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dailon ranks #12,651 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,651 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dailon's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Dailon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dailon's full recorded timeline at 2007, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dailon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Dailon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Dailon's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Dailon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (49% of all-time use).
Dailon by state
Where Dailon concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dailon's data
- Dailon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dailons (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dailon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1995–2023 (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 Dailon 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.