Daylon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-lon
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Daylon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
Where does Daylon come from?
Modern: modern US coinage, probably Day- on the pattern of Waylon or Dalton
Is Daylon a girl's or a boy's name?
Daylon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daylon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,363among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Daylon, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 154 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had fewer boys named Daylon than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Daylon in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 405 boys in the US were given Daylon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #642, up from #2,363 for this spelling alone.
Daylon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,299 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,062 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 2010 | 93 | #1,665 |
| 2009 | 113 | #1,471 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,532 |
| 2007 | 100 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,402 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,484 |
| 2004 | 133 | #1,170 |
| 2003 | 143 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 154 | #1,007 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,228 |
| 2000 | 121 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 121 | #1,098 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,221 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,166 |
| 1996 | 103 | #1,147 |
| 1995 | 85 | #1,263 |
| 1994 | 61 | #1,526 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
Names like Daylon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Deacon Daxton Kayden Declan Dawson Dylan Colton Kylan Jayden Landon Brayden Bryson
Other spellings of Daylon
Daylen Daylan Daelyn Daylin Deylan Dailyn Dalyn Daelan Daelin Daylyn Dailen
Names related to Daylon
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Daylon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daylon, updated 20 October 2026.