Recorded 1975–2005 Boys' name Peak 1997 144 births

Datron — boys' name

144 babies named Datron in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s221980s241990s622000s36
1990s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Datron was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

11 babies were named Datron in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Datron

The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Datron between 1975 and 2005, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Datron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Datron performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Datron shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Datron 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 144 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.

Datron at a glance

Last recorded 2005

Total births

144

Since 1975

31 years of records

Peak year

1997

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2005

Active since

1975

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2005

Datron popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1975

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (1997)
11
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4681012 20052001199719941991198519781975 5

Datron by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
62 births that decade — 43% of Datron's all-time total
1970s221980s241990s622000s36

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Datron?
144 babies have been named Datron since 1975. It was last recorded in 2005. The peak year was 1997 with 11 births.
When was Datron most popular?
Datron was most popular in the 1990s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Datron been used?
Datron has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 31 years of data through 2005.
What names are similar to Datron?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dathan, Dat, Daton, Datrell, 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, 1975–2005 (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.