A reliable meaning for Daytona isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daytona through the years
Babies since 1880
984
253 boys · 731 girls
Most popular year
2005
60 babies
2025
16
#8,411 for boys · #12,217 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−1%
Steady
Boys Girls
Daytona in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1985–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,411 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2001. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 833 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.