Boys' name · since 2005

Daycen

Daycen has 50 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#22,148 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,364 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
50
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade

Daycen currently ranks #11364 among boys' names in America, with 50 babies recorded since 2005.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daycen has been recorded 50 times among boys since 2005, currently ranked #11364 nationally and more common than 18% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.

  • #22,148 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,364 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 50 born since 2005
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daycen ranks #22,148 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 50 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.

#22,148 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,364 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
50
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%18.4%
Daycen vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Daycen's 50 recorded births place it above 51.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Daycen compares

50 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Daycen's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Daycen Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 50 369 358,536
Peak-year births 9 34 22,252

Daycen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Daycen's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Daycen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
9
Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
45678910 20052008201120122015201820222025 6

Daycen by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (22 births, 44% of the file).

2010s was Daycen's strongest decade.

22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.

Daycen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 22 births (44% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daycen?
Since 2005, Social Security records show 50 babies named Daycen. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #22,148 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #11,364 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2022, with 9 births.
Where does Daycen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daycen ranks #22,148 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Daycen most popular?
Daycen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Daycen been used?
Records for Daycen go back to 2005, giving 21 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Daycen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dayton, Daylen, Dayne, Daylon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Daycen's data

  • Daycen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Daycen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daycen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.