How Many People Are Named Dayton?
people named Dayton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,971 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,395 babies named Dayton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
599 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dayton, 4.6% were girls and 95.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dayton alive today is about 23 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dayton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2008, to 599 babies. In 2025, 212 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dayton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #486, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #1,099.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,099 |
| Best rank | #486 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #524 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dayton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dayton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 976 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dayton was given 6.7 times as often in Hawaii, 3.3 times in Kansas and 3.3 times in Oklahoma.
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