Recorded 1980–2020 Boys' name Peak 1999 314 births

Dajaun — boys' name

314 babies named Dajaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s381990s1192000s1172010s342020s6
1990s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Dajaun was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

18 babies were named Dajaun in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dajaun

The Social Security Administration has registered 314 babies named Dajaun between 1980 and 2020, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dajaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dajaun performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dajaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dajaun 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 314 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.

Dajaun at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

314

Since 1980

41 years of records

Peak year

1999

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1980

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2020

Dajaun popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1980

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1999)
18
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
05101520 202020112007200319991995199119861980 6

Dajaun by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
119 births that decade — 38% of Dajaun's all-time total
1980s381990s1192000s1172010s342020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dajaun?
314 babies have been named Dajaun since 1980. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1999 with 18 births.
When was Dajaun most popular?
Dajaun was most popular in the 1990s decade with 119 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Dajaun been used?
Dajaun has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 41 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Dajaun?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dajuan, Dajon, Dajour, Dajohn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–2020 (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.