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Daijon

Gender
Boy
Say it
DAY-jon
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#8,906 for boys

Daijon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

Where does Daijon come from?

Modern: blend of Dai- and Jon

Is Daijon a girl's or a boy's name?

Daijon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Daijon in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.

2003Busiest: 5 in 20082018
Daijon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20183#4,959
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20125#3,572
20110–
20103#4,865
20094#3,909
20085#3,305
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20033#3,593

How popular is Daijon in the US?

Rank in 2025
8,906th among boys
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Daijon, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the boys named Daijon in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 39 in 20002025
Daijon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#8,906
202413#6,464
20237#9,757
20227#9,815
20216#10,794
202022#4,422
201911#7,168
201813#6,341
201715#5,784
201614#6,048
201518#5,056
201418#5,062
201319#4,801
201226#3,891
201126#3,883
201032#3,376
200934#3,272
200829#3,643
200736#3,133
200626#3,780
200527#3,524
200420#4,259
200336#2,725
200228#3,184
200131#2,926
200039#2,421
199932#2,661
199833#2,549
199737#2,257
199625#2,906
199518#3,553
199416#3,905
199312#4,690
19926#7,414
19918#5,934
19900–
19897#6,222

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Daijon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daijon, updated 20 October 2026.