Dayton

Where Dayton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dayton.

Dayton through the years
  1. 1866
    Dayton Miller born
    American physicist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1903
    Dayton Lummis born
    American actor
  4. 2008
    Peak, #486
    568 babies named Dayton, the most in any year.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #888.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Dayton Miller · American physicist, 1866–1941
  • Dayton Lummis · American actor, 1903–1988
  • Dayton Edward Phillips · American politician, 1910–1980
  • Dayton Leroy Rogers · American serial killer, born 1953
  • Dayton Allen · American comedian and voice actor, 1919–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.