Dayshon — boys' name
233 babies named Dayshon in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
233 boys have been named Dayshon since 1986, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 233
- total births
- 1986–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Dayshon was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Dayshon in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dayshon
The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Dayshon between 1986 and 2012, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dayshon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dayshon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dayshon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dayshon 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 233 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.
Dayshon at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dayshon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1986
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
233 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 20 births in a single year.
Dayshon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 122 births that decade — 52% of Dayshon's all-time total
Dayshon decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dayshon's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1986–2012 (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.