Dayton
Boy · DAY-tun · English
Dayton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ditch or dyke settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,097th for boys in the US (195 babies).
What does Dayton mean?
English: English surname from the place name Deighton
“ditch or dyke settlement”
Dayton, Ohio, is named after Jonathan Dayton, the youngest man to sign the US Constitution.
- Say it
- DAY-tun
Is Dayton a girl's or a boy's name?
Dayton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 17 girls and 195 boys in the US.
How popular is Dayton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Dayton, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dayton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Dayton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Dayton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,097among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 195about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 195 boys in the US were named Dayton, making it the 1,097th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 979th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 568 boys. 17 girls were also named Dayton in 2025 (6,545th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Dayton in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Dayton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #1,097 for this spelling alone.
Dayton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,097 |
| 2024 | 175 | #1,181 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,144 |
| 2022 | 198 | #1,093 |
| 2021 | 198 | #1,075 |
| 2020 | 218 | #979 |
| 2019 | 238 | #919 |
| 2018 | 264 | #844 |
| 2017 | 264 | #837 |
| 2016 | 246 | #888 |
| 2015 | 312 | #764 |
| 2014 | 352 | #702 |
| 2013 | 338 | #702 |
| 2012 | 423 | #598 |
| 2011 | 394 | #612 |
| 2010 | 428 | #586 |
| 2009 | 519 | #521 |
| 2008 | 568 | #486 |
| 2007 | 515 | #512 |
| 2006 | 469 | #538 |
| 2005 | 456 | #533 |
| 2004 | 483 | #508 |
| 2003 | 486 | #502 |
| 2002 | 463 | #498 |
| 2001 | 452 | #506 |
| 2000 | 371 | #562 |
| 1999 | 356 | #560 |
| 1998 | 353 | #559 |
| 1997 | 279 | #621 |
| 1996 | 278 | #623 |
| 1995 | 224 | #706 |
| 1994 | 195 | #751 |
| 1993 | 156 | #846 |
| 1992 | 121 | #980 |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,008 |
| 1990 | 137 | #874 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,180 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,151 |
| 1987 | 54 | #1,365 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,117 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,257 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,236 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 44 | #1,407 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,171 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,199 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,310 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,228 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 55 | #965 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 53 | #953 |
| 1947 | 56 | #937 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 49 | #906 |
| 1943 | 59 | #869 |
| 1942 | 56 | #876 |
| 1941 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 72 | #700 |
| 1938 | 48 | #912 |
| 1937 | 62 | #781 |
| 1936 | 60 | #787 |
| 1935 | 58 | #814 |
| 1934 | 51 | #881 |
| 1933 | 62 | #775 |
| 1932 | 72 | #735 |
| 1931 | 67 | #756 |
| 1930 | 57 | #873 |
| 1929 | 59 | #859 |
| 1928 | 60 | #854 |
| 1927 | 72 | #774 |
| 1926 | 69 | #783 |
| 1925 | 90 | #670 |
| 1924 | 81 | #737 |
| 1923 | 86 | #698 |
| 1922 | 77 | #754 |
| 1921 | 76 | #768 |
| 1920 | 86 | #691 |
| 1919 | 88 | #657 |
| 1918 | 85 | #674 |
| 1917 | 69 | #749 |
| 1916 | 65 | #757 |
| 1915 | 71 | #690 |
| 1914 | 49 | #751 |
| 1913 | 42 | #711 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,000 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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