Dajon — #6948 US boys' name
1,711 babies named Dajon 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.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Dajon was born in this single decade.
98 babies were named Dajon in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dajon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,711 babies named Dajon between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dajon currently holds the #6948 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 98 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dajon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 699 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dajon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dajon in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dajon 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 1,711 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.
Dajon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Dajon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (1999)
- 98
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #6948 among boys.
1,711 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 98 births in a single year.
Dajon popularity over time — girls
70 total births recorded since 1986 (Dajon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dajon accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dajon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 699 births that decade — 41% of Dajon's all-time total
Dajon decade highlights
- Peak decade 699 births
- Runner-up 594 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dajon's strongest decade
699 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Dajon by state
Where Dajon concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 187 | 10.9% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 106 | 6.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 78 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 27 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 24 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 21 | 1.2% |
187 of 1,711 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dajon appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2024 (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.