NameTides

Dayton

Dayton was the #1,097 boys' name in the US in 2025 (195 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Dayton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dayton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Dayton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,097 (195)#3,684 (5)#1,804 (11)
2024#1,181 (175)—#2,439 (7)
2023#1,144 (183)#2,547 (8)#1,810 (10)
2022#1,093 (198)#2,756 (7)#1,895 (9)
2021#1,075 (198)#3,017 (6)#1,230 (17)
2020#979 (218)#3,334 (5)#1,071 (20)
2019#919 (238)#2,104 (10)#1,101 (19)
2018#844 (264)#1,991 (11)#1,471 (12)
2017#837 (264)#1,627 (15)#845 (28)
2016#888 (246)#1,570 (16)#892 (26)
2015#764 (312)#1,673 (14)#827 (28)
2014#702 (352)#1,327 (19)#699 (36)
2013#702 (338)#1,462 (16)#564 (47)
2012#598 (423)#1,229 (21)#505 (54)
2011#612 (394)#1,398 (17)#452 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #486.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Dayton were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dayton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dayton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #679MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,070TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Dayton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DaytonCanadaGirls—too few
DaytonCanadaBoys#1,80411
DaytonEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
DaytonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DaytonUSGirls#6,54617
DaytonUSBoys#1,097195