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Dayton

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

“English place name/surname, roughly meaning 'Day's town' or 'bright town'”

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dayton peaked in the 2000s.

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