Boys' name · since 1992
Daion
247 babies named Daion in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,731 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 247
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
247 boys have been named Daion since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Daion has 247 recorded births among boys since 1992, 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 1992 to 2023.
- #11,731 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 247 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daion ranks #11,731 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 247 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,731 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 247
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daion's 247 recorded births place it above 74.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daion splits its recorded history at 2007: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Daion by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (119 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Daion's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Daion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 119 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Daion's decade-level peak was the 2000s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 16 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Daion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1992–2023 (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 Daion 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.