Dayton is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 173 boys in the United States.
Dayton belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Dayton first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #486 in 2008, and in 2024 173 babies received the name — 15,562 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Dayton is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Dayton is a boy name. In 2024, 173 babies received the name in the US.
Dayton comes from the English & American tradition.
Dayton first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #486 in 2008, and 173 babies were given the name in 2024.
This profile is built from the US Social Security Administration's public baby-names data — see the source. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check. If you spot an error, write to [email protected].
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