Dayon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-on
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Dayon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Dayon come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps a variant of Deon
Is Dayon a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dayon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Dayon, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Dayon in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dayon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Dayon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Declan Brayden Keegan Deacon Aiden Kylan Dylan Jayden Kian Braylen Ronan
Names related to Dayon
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, “Dayon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dayon, updated 20 October 2026.