Is Daytona a boy or girl name?

Daytona is a unisex name. Of the 984 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 74.3% were girls and 25.7% were boys.

Daytona

Recorded 1985–2025 · United States

Daytona was most popular in 2005, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,718 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 984 people named Daytona.

Daytona over time

Births per year. The dot marks Daytona’s peak in 2005. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Daytona a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Daytona is a unisex name — 74.3% of the 984 Americans given it were girls and 25.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 77% girls and 23% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org