Dason
Masculine
Dason is a name of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century that sounds like Dawson with the w folded away, or Jason and Mason with a new first letter. Dawson has a gold-rush town behind it, named for a surveyor rather than a prospector.
How old is the name Dason?
Dason first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Dason alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 600 people named Dason are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dason most popular?
Dason peaked in 2006, reaching #3524 nationally. See the whole 2006 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Dason
When gold was found in the Klondike in 1896, the town that sprang up where the Klondike meets the Yukon River was named Dawson, after George Mercer Dawson, a Canadian geologist who had mapped the region's rivers and mountains a decade earlier; he had come for the rocks, not the gold. Dason carries an echo of that name, with the two-beat rhythm of Jason and Mason. It is short, steady and easy to say.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Dason may be Dawson shortened or a new build rhyming with Jason and Mason; nothing records which.
Pronouncing Dason
DAY-sun
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Dason
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 200629 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3524reached in 2006
- Change vs 2023
- −50.0%6 in 2024, from 12
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dasons among us
people named Dason are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Dason sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and familiar in sound.
- Rhymes with names many people know.
- Rare, so a Dason is unlikely to meet another.
- People will hear Jason, Mason or Dawson.
- Some will say DAH-sun.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dasons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Dason are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dason in 2025?
- Dason is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Dason with classmates?
- Dason will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
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