Boys' name · since 1997
Daiton
Daiton has 178 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,670 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,724 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Daiton is the #12724 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 178 recorded since 1997.
Daiton has 178 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12724 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #13,670 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,724 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daiton ranks #13,670 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,724 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 178 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,670 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,724 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daiton's 178 recorded births place it above 69.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Daiton compares
178 36th 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
Daiton's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daiton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Daiton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daiton splits its recorded history at 2007: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daiton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Daiton by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Daiton's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Daiton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Daiton's decade-level peak was the 2000s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Daiton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
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, 1997–2025 (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 Daiton 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.