How Many People Are Named Daejon?
An estimated 349 people in the United States have the first name Daejon. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Daejon peaked in popularity in 2000 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Daejon as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Daejon paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
349
About 1 in 982,104 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2000
27 births
Total Registered
354
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Daejon
Daejon is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 354 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Daejon as a male name
Ranked #12,724 in 2022
5 male births in 2022
Peak: 2000 (27 births)
Daejon: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Daejon span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 207 babies were registered. Daejon has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Daejon by Decade
How has Daejon tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Daejon by State
Daejon + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Daejon as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Daejon: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Daejon?
We estimate approximately 349 people named Daejon are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 982,104 Americans share this first name.
Is Daejon a common name?
Daejon is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 354 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Daejon most popular?
Daejon reached peak popularity in 2000, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Daejon is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Daejon a male name?
Daejon is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Daejon Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Daejon Smith, Daejon Johnson, Daejon Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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