The name Dayton is of Old English origin, and means David's town.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dayton has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dayton
Use of the Name Dayton for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
6,971
4,340
4,340
3,732
2,244
962
478
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dayton has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dayton
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
697
8
1881
1882
771
7
1883
1884
1885
657
9
1886
871
6
1887
699
8
1888
835
7
1889
1890
679
9
1891
787
7
1892
984
6
1893
784
8
1894
573
13
1895
703
10
1896
916
7
1897
1898
757
9
1899
960
6
1900
1901
977
6
1902
1903
1904
823
9
1905
1906
1907
884
10
1908
1909
1910
788
15
1911
934
13
1912
1913
715
42
1914
755
49
1915
693
71
1916
759
65
1917
751
69
1918
679
84
1919
655
88
1920
684
87
1921
761
77
1922
759
77
1923
693
87
1924
745
80
1925
682
89
1926
783
69
1927
774
72
1928
857
60
1929
862
59
1930
866
58
1931
763
66
1932
736
72
1933
785
61
1934
880
51
1935
815
58
1936
790
60
1937
782
62
1938
919
47
1939
708
71
1940
941
46
1941
899
50
1942
882
56
1943
879
57
1944
905
49
1945
903
50
1946
982
47
1947
949
55
1948
963
52
1949
1950
1951
963
53
1952
944
57
1953
967
55
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
881
136
1991
1992
985
121
1993
848
156
1994
751
195
1995
707
224
1996
623
278
1997
621
278
1998
557
353
1999
562
355
2000
562
370
2001
505
451
2002
499
461
2003
503
484
2004
504
478
Totals:
6,971
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Dayton as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Dayton appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 73 times during the last 125 years.