Dayton is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Dayton means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Dayton across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Dayton has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Dayton is a boy name of Old English origin meaning “David's town, or ditch settlement”. An English place name and surname, also an Ohio city.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 16,395 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 287 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Dayton per year, United States (1880 to 2025). United States peaked in 2008 (599/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2010 (23/yr).
Dayton has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2008, when it ranked #980 nationally (given to 611 babies that year).
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