Dajour — #6607 US boys' name
657 babies named Dajour in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Dajour was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Dajour in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dajour
The Social Security Administration has registered 657 babies named Dajour between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dajour currently holds the #6607 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 103 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dajour performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 381 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dajour shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Dajour in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dajour 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 657 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.
Dajour at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dajour popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (1997)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #6607 among boys.
657 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 103 births in a single year.
Dajour popularity over time — girls
23 total births recorded since 1996 (Dajour as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dajour accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dajour by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 381 births that decade — 58% of Dajour's all-time total
Dajour decade highlights
- Peak decade 381 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dajour's strongest decade
381 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Dajour by state
Where Dajour concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 48 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 13 | 2.0% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #8 | California | | 7 | 1.1% |
48 of 657 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.3% of nationwide
- Virginia 2.0% of nationwide
- South Carolina 1.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dajour appears in 12 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, 1990–2024 (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.