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How popular is the name Deighton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Deightons are alive today.
Deighton (male), a spelling of Dayton, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2014 (ranked 4632nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 5 babies were given the name, the 3300th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dayton you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Daytons born in England and Wales are between 10 and 19, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dayton - on average, only one in every 892 such rooms contains a Dayton.
How many babies are named Deighton each year?
Includes all spellings: Deighton, Dayton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Deighton spelling rank?
Where does the Dayton spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Deighton most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Dayton, peaked in 2007, when 24 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Deighton spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 5 babies.
How many people are called Deighton?
At least 340 people named Deighton in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Deighton?
Most living Deightons are between 10 and 19; the most common age is about 16.
Is Deighton becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.