Dagon

Boys' name

Possibly grain

Dagon has been given to 184 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2008, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Dagon, 2022

1 in 308,000

Dagon over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dagon: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly grain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dagon means

Dagon may mean “grain”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Dagon is used in Semitic Mythology.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 184 boys were recorded with the name Dagon between 1996 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2008; its best national rank was #4,424 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Dagon?

Dagon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 308,000; 11 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 159,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 213,349 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dagon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 213,349 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dagon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dagons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dagon was born before 2006 — so the typical Dagon is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 63.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 184; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 63.6% of all recorded uses (117).

Is Dagon rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2008 (22)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 48.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,424; 2008

Spellings of Dagon

Dagon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 32.7% against Dagon's <0.01%.

Jason32.7%1,052,030
Aaron19.1%614,462
Mason10.6%342,583
Don5.2%167,632
Jaxon3.5%113,651
Dan3.3%106,554
Dalton2.7%85,710
Ramon2.4%77,429

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dagon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,424; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 22 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 184
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dagon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dago Dagen Dagim Dagger Aegon Dagem Dagmawi Dagan Logon Keagon Dragon Egon Teagon Eragon Morgon Dag Daegon Aragon Sargon Daguan Deagon Dagoberto Keegon Tegon

Sibling names for Dagon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaylen Yamilet Jaidyn Kalia Abagail Rihanna Areli Jakayla

For a brother

Kaeden Gavyn Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Javion

Explore around Dagon

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