Dayton
#906 most common boys' name of all time · #2,085 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#906
Rank overall
#2,085 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
16,395
Since 2016
2,345
Peak year
2008 #486
Best rank
#486 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 599/yr
Dayton is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 195 | 212 | #1,098 |
| 2024 | 10 | 175 | 185 | #1,181 |
| 2023 | 15 | 183 | 198 | #1,145 |
| 2022 | 12 | 198 | 210 | #1,093 |
| 2021 | 19 | 198 | 217 | #1,075 |
| 2020 | 15 | 218 | 233 | #980 |
| 2019 | 26 | 238 | 264 | #919 |
| 2018 | 19 | 264 | 283 | #844 |
| 2017 | 11 | 264 | 275 | #838 |
| 2016 | 22 | 246 | 268 | #888 |
| 2015 | 17 | 312 | 329 | #765 |
| 2014 | 17 | 352 | 369 | #702 |
| 2013 | 27 | 338 | 365 | #702 |
| 2012 | 16 | 423 | 439 | #598 |
| 2011 | 20 | 394 | 414 | #612 |
| 2010 | 14 | 428 | 442 | #586 |
| 2009 | 27 | 519 | 546 | #523 |
| 2008 | 31 | 568 | 599 | #486 |
| 2007 | 15 | 515 | 530 | #512 |
| 2006 | 27 | 469 | 496 | #539 |
| 2005 | 19 | 456 | 475 | #533 |
| 2004 | 23 | 483 | 506 | #508 |
| 2003 | 21 | 486 | 507 | #502 |
| 2002 | 28 | 463 | 491 | #498 |
| 2001 | 24 | 452 | 476 | #507 |
| 2000 | 25 | 371 | 396 | #562 |
| 1999 | 25 | 356 | 381 | #561 |
| 1998 | 12 | 353 | 365 | #560 |
| 1997 | 14 | 279 | 293 | #621 |
| 1996 | 14 | 278 | 292 | #623 |
| 1995 | 13 | 224 | 237 | #709 |
| 1994 | 16 | 195 | 211 | #752 |
| 1993 | 11 | 156 | 167 | #848 |
| 1992 | 9 | 121 | 130 | #983 |
| 1991 | 5 | 113 | 118 | #1,014 |
| 1990 | — | 137 | 137 | #878 |
| 1989 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,185 |
| 1988 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,155 |
| 1987 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,369 |
| 1986 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,119 |
| 1985 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,258 |
| 1984 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,350 |
| 1983 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,300 |
| 1982 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1981 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,238 |
| 1980 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,296 |
| 1979 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,409 |
| 1978 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,441 |
| 1977 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,610 |
| 1976 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,651 |
| 1975 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,599 |
| 1974 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,173 |
| 1973 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,522 |
| 1972 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,424 |
| 1971 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,204 |
| 1970 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,377 |
| 1969 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,467 |
| 1968 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,367 |
| 1967 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1966 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,263 |
| 1965 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,208 |
| 1964 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,315 |
| 1963 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1962 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,487 |
| 1961 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,474 |
| 1960 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,233 |
| 1959 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,230 |
| 1958 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,117 |
| 1957 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,237 |
| 1956 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,130 |
| 1955 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,140 |
| 1954 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,315 |
| 1953 | — | 55 | 55 | #969 |
| 1952 | — | 57 | 57 | #945 |
| 1951 | — | 52 | 52 | #976 |
| 1950 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,108 |
| 1949 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,032 |
| 1948 | — | 53 | 53 | #955 |
| 1947 | — | 56 | 56 | #944 |
| 1946 | — | 47 | 47 | #988 |
| 1945 | — | 50 | 50 | #904 |
| 1944 | — | 49 | 49 | #909 |
| 1943 | — | 59 | 59 | #872 |
| 1942 | — | 56 | 56 | #878 |
| 1941 | — | 49 | 49 | #911 |
| 1940 | — | 44 | 44 | #973 |
| 1939 | — | 72 | 72 | #702 |
| 1938 | — | 48 | 48 | #915 |
| 1937 | — | 62 | 62 | #783 |
| 1936 | — | 60 | 60 | #790 |
| 1935 | — | 58 | 58 | #816 |
| 1934 | — | 51 | 51 | #882 |
| 1933 | — | 62 | 62 | #779 |
| 1932 | — | 72 | 72 | #736 |
| 1931 | — | 67 | 67 | #758 |
| 1930 | — | 57 | 57 | #875 |
| 1929 | — | 59 | 59 | #861 |
| 1928 | — | 60 | 60 | #858 |
| 1927 | — | 72 | 72 | #775 |
| 1926 | — | 69 | 69 | #786 |
| 1925 | — | 90 | 90 | #672 |
| 1924 | — | 81 | 81 | #739 |
| 1923 | — | 86 | 86 | #699 |
| 1922 | — | 77 | 77 | #755 |
| 1921 | — | 76 | 76 | #770 |
| 1920 | — | 86 | 86 | #696 |
| 1919 | — | 88 | 88 | #660 |
| 1918 | — | 85 | 85 | #677 |
| 1917 | — | 69 | 69 | #753 |
| 1916 | — | 65 | 65 | #761 |
| 1915 | — | 71 | 71 | #695 |
| 1914 | — | 49 | 49 | #753 |
| 1913 | — | 42 | 42 | #717 |
| 1912 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,005 |
| 1911 | — | 13 | 13 | #946 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #801 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,181 |
| 1908 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,049 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #891 |
| 1905 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1904 | — | 9 | 9 | #835 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #968 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,074 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #972 |
| 1898 | — | 9 | 9 | #769 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,099 |
| 1896 | — | 7 | 7 | #919 |
| 1895 | — | 10 | 10 | #709 |
| 1894 | — | 13 | 13 | #584 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #796 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #983 |
| 1891 | — | 7 | 7 | #792 |
| 1890 | — | 9 | 9 | #704 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #846 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #712 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #882 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #666 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #783 |
| 1880 | — | 8 | 8 | #699 |