Daon — boys' name
16 babies named Daon in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Daon was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Daon in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daon
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Daon between 1983 and 2001, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Daon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daon 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 16 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.
Daon at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1983
- Peak year (2001)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
16 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 6 births in a single year.
Daon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Daon's all-time total
Daon decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Daon's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1983–2001 (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.