first name
DAYTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,380 people named Dayton, 73.8% reported their origin as White, 8% as Black and 6.9% as two or more races. 95.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dayton peaked in 2008, when 599 babies got the name.
At least 16,395 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dayton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,090. The largest share of babies named Dayton, 44.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dayton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dayton has been most common in Hawaii (6.1×), Kansas (3×), and Oklahoma (3×), and least common in New York (0.28×).
10,565 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dayton
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dayton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dayton ranks #4,221 of 156,621, with 8,138 people. See Dayton as a last name
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