Dalton
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #448 for boys in 2025, 699 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 4,245 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 85,710since 1881
Dalton over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #448 | 699 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #433 | 732 |
| 2023 | — | #513 | 582 | |
| 2022 | — | #516 | 574 | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #519 | 566 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #463 | 638 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #444 | 686 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #397 | 799 |
| 2017 | — | #371 | 893 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #328 | 1,050 |
| 2015 | — | #328 | 1,050 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #312 | 1,118 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #310 | 1,106 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #284 | 1,232 |
| 2011 | — | #276 | 1,267 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #260 | 1,332 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #239 | 1,476 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #218 | 1,736 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #212 | 1,836 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #200 | 1,939 |
| 2005 | — | #180 | 2,256 | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | #167 | 2,454 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #143 | 2,857 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #117 | 3,284 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #98 | 3,895 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #91 | 4,445 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #86 | 4,541 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #88 | 4,565 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #90 | 4,238 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #99 | 3,980 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | #87 | 4,191 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #85 | 4,245 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #106 | 3,393 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #121 | 2,900 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #136 | 2,357 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #193 | 1,571 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #473 | 402 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #644 | 215 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #646 | 199 |
| 1986 | — | #718 | 159 | |
| 1985 | — | #781 | 129 | |
| 1984 | — | #848 | 107 | |
| 1983 | — | #838 | 108 | |
| 1982 | — | #927 | 93 | |
| 1981 | — | #964 | 87 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,047 | 74 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,056 | 70 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,240 | 52 | |
| 1977 | — | #981 | 76 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,144 | 56 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,228 | 48 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,045 | 62 | |
| 1973 | — | #962 | 70 | |
| 1972 | — | #943 | 73 | |
| 1971 | — | #838 | 94 | |
| 1970 | — | #848 | 90 | |
| 1969 | — | #752 | 108 | |
| 1968 | — | #825 | 80 | |
| 1967 | — | #778 | 88 | |
| 1966 | — | #901 | 64 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,000 | 54 | |
| 1964 | — | #753 | 103 | |
| 1963 | — | #829 | 83 | |
| 1962 | — | #822 | 85 | |
| 1961 | — | #882 | 75 | |
| 1960 | — | #799 | 91 | |
| 1959 | — | #788 | 95 | |
| 1958 | — | #747 | 97 | |
| 1957 | — | #758 | 98 | |
| 1956 | — | #756 | 94 | |
| 1955 | — | #723 | 102 | |
| 1954 | — | #745 | 92 | |
| 1953 | — | #726 | 97 | |
| 1952 | — | #643 | 119 | |
| 1951 | — | #641 | 122 | |
| 1950 | — | #685 | 99 | |
| 1949 | — | #628 | 118 | |
| 1948 | — | #608 | 125 | |
| 1947 | — | #600 | 128 | |
| 1946 | — | #556 | 131 | |
| 1945 | — | #597 | 104 | |
| 1944 | — | #573 | 115 | |
| 1943 | — | #536 | 137 | |
| 1942 | — | #548 | 126 | |
| 1941 | — | #493 | 140 | |
| 1940 | — | #510 | 128 | |
| 1939 | — | #511 | 123 | |
| 1938 | — | #537 | 118 | |
| 1937 | — | #480 | 140 | |
| 1936 | — | #459 | 150 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #452 | 157 |
| 1934 | — | #475 | 143 | |
| 1933 | — | #467 | 143 | |
| 1932 | — | #446 | 159 | |
| 1931 | — | #470 | 145 | |
| 1930 | — | #498 | 143 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #512 | 131 |
| 1928 | — | #537 | 128 | |
| 1927 | — | #479 | 161 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #502 | 145 |
| 1925 | — | #453 | 177 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #532 | 140 |
| 1923 | — | #518 | 138 | |
| 1922 | — | #493 | 159 | |
| 1921 | — | #510 | 147 | |
| 1920 | — | #507 | 143 | |
| 1919 | — | #539 | 123 | |
| 1918 | — | #592 | 106 | |
| 1917 | — | #554 | 113 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #517 | 121 |
| 1915 | — | #589 | 93 | |
| 1914 | — | #622 | 66 | |
| 1913 | — | #552 | 61 | |
| 1912 | — | #568 | 50 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #621 | 22 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dalton! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dalton is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#597 · 1 in 6,609
- New York#1,111 · 1 in 22,052
- California#1,333 · 1 in 33,785
Best ever in a state: #24 in Oklahoma, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #597 | 5 | 1 in 6,609 |
| New York | #1,111 | 5 | 1 in 22,052 |
| California | #1,333 | 5 | 1 in 33,785 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dalton
- 15 spots since 2024 (#433 → #448)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#463 → #448)
- 120 spots since 2015 (#328 → #448)
- Biggest jump: 298 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #768)
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1896 (#640 → #900)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1994 at #85 (4,245 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1994–2001
- Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1902–1973
- Highest: 1 in 419 boys born in 1998 were named Dalton (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,444 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #85 in 1994, was only 1 in 455 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 42.0% of all boys named Dalton (35,981) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #700 (1885) | #823 |
| 1890s | 63 | #567 (1894) | #834 |
| 1900s | 109 | #615 (1902) | #741 |
| 1910s | 778 | #517 (1916) | #580 |
| 1920s | 1,469 | #453 (1925) | #504 |
| 1930s | 1,421 | #446 (1932) | #480 |
| 1940s | 1,252 | #493 (1941) | #565 |
| 1950s | 1,015 | #641 (1951) | #721 |
| 1960s | 831 | #752 (1969) | #834 |
| 1970s | 691 | #838 (1971) | #1,029 |
| 1980s | 1,573 | #473 (1989) | #789 |
| 1990s | 35,981 | #85 (1994) | #109 |
| 2000s | 26,178 | #91 (2000) | #167 |
| 2010s | 10,533 | #260 (2010) | #331 |
| 2020s | 3,791 | #433 (2024) | #482 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dalton in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 31,574 of them was named Dalton, which outranked 81.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,229Santino53
- #1,229Stanton53
- #1,229Wes53
- #1,240Dalton52
- #1,240Barron52
- #1,240Brandan52
- #1,240Crystal52
- #1,258Benjiman51
- #1,258Christos51
- #1,258Domenic51
Tied with 17 names at #1,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.