Given name
Dayten
“from the sunny town”
Dayten is a variant of Dayton. One English interpretation is “from the sunny town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dayten is a variant of Dayton. One English interpretation is “from the sunny town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dayten 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 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dayten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 271
- 271 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,794 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,794 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020.
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.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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