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Name Dayton

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From a Old English word for town, settlement, homestead

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About the name Dayton in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Dalton, Daxton, Daylon, Layton, Payton, Payton, Alton, Anton, Aston, Axton Details

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About Dayton, the group of names with the same origin as Dayton

Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from a family name which derives from a place name, possibly with the meaning dairy town
Words:	tun = the town, the settlement, the homestead Old English
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	486:Dayton USA 2008

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Popularity lists that contain the name Dayton

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades		1990-1999 746
USA yearly	Graph	2020 973, 2019 918, 2018 843, 2017 841, 2016 889, 2015 766, 2014 702, 2013 700, 2012 603, 2011 610, 2010 584, 2009 525, 2008 486, 2007 512, 2006 539, 2005 531, 2004 507, 2003 504, 2002 498, 2001 505, 2000 562, 1999 561, 1998 558, 1997 621, 1996 623, 1995 708, 1994 751, 1993 847