Dayton — #1188 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dayton

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,562 babies named Dayton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dayton currently holds the #1188 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 568 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dayton performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,782 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dayton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,058 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Dayton in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dayton 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 15,562 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.