Dayson
Masculine
Dayson joins Day to the -son ending, and Day is a real medieval English surname — a pet form of David, or a word for a dairy worker.
How old is the name Dayson?
Dayson first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Dayson is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Dayson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dayson most popular?
Dayson peaked in 2015, reaching #2068 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 2,181 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Dayson
Ours, offered as ours. The medieval English word daie meant a servant in charge of milk and butter, and it gives dairy — and, with the word for bread, the word lady, which is literally the loaf-kneader. That whole vocabulary of household work has left surnames and titles behind it. Dayson may come from a Day of that kind or from a David, and the -son ending is genuinely a thousand years old either way.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for the compound. English Day is documented as a pet form of David and as an occupational name from daie, a dairy servant. The -son ending is a genuine patronymic. Whether the modern name descends from Dayson or was assembled is not recorded.
Pronouncing Dayson
DAY-sun
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Dayson
Moderate
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
- 1983
- Most boys named
- 201568 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2068reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −11.1%24 in 2025, from 27
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.
Dayson in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dayton in English — related form
- Dawson in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Oklahoma, California, Louisiana.
Daysons among us
people named Dayson are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Dayson
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Dayson
- #4249
- Dayson on the 2025 chart
- #897
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Dayson went to 24 boys in 2025, but Daison is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 31, which makes it the 897th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,352 places above the chart.
- Dayson24
- Daison7
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 71,170 for Dayson itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nadir test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dayson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nadir climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nadir's path sketches the road Dayson is walking now.
Dayson sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Dayson beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dayson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Day is a plain short form and an ordinary English word.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Dayson, Dawson and Dayton are all close and get confused.
- It is strongly associated with one American decade.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daysons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Dayson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Dayson?
- Dayson is the most-used spelling in US records — 24 of the 31 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Daison.
- How popular is the name Dayson in 2025?
- Dayson ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dayson?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Dayson — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dayson with classmates?
- Dayson will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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