girls:
70 births since 1986
#5646 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1980
#3004 (34th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1980
#5984 (23rd percentile)
The name Dajon is the #5,984 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,769 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 22.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,004 (34.5% percentile) for all time with 1,699 births since 1980. For girls, it ranks #5,646 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 70 births since 1986.
Dajon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Dajon is available in 42 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dajon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dajon reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 11.6% percentile (ranked #712) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 48 births per million (ranked 11.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dajon ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 17.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dajon reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #857) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dajon".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Dajon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Dajon is pronounced as DAY-jahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-JAHN, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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