Given name & surname
Daiton
“from the sunny town”
Daiton is a variant of Dayton. One English interpretation is “from the sunny town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Daiton is a variant of Dayton. One English interpretation is “from the sunny town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Daiton is a variant of Dayton. An origin associated with Dayton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daiton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 178
- 178 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,445 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,445 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020; 101 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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