Dillon

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1992 · 5,062 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
65,225
since 1892

Dillon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #73, 1992boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,64541#929253
2024#3,22549#862280
2023#2,85259#767336
2022#2,99555#724360
2021#3,15751#669403
2020#2,71261#668392
2019#3,61142#640421
2018#3,34647#592463
2017#3,55243#525543
2016#3,99637#459670
2015#4,85328#448686
2014#4,10336#397787
2013#5,14326#379795
2012#5,39825#352872
2011#5,20726#345878
2010#7,51316#3041,055
2009#5,70924#2921,131
2008#4,88230#2661,308
2007#6,55220#2351,549
2006#8,23714#2231,610
2005#7,89114#2031,897
2004#4,60129#1971,951
2003#5,58621#1882,011
2002#7,44414#2011,847
2001#7,31714#1752,141
2000#9,16310#1692,263
1999#8,80510#1422,682
1998#5,58318#1342,838
1997#4,81921#1322,887
1996#5,28018#1213,025
1995#5,67716#1223,035
1994#5,24918#1013,534
1993#3,68129#904,282
1992#4,84920#735,062
1991#5,39917#1033,634
1990#7,30311#1841,682
1989#6,95511#2511,027
1988#7,11110#293787
1987#8,7787#307700
1986#8,5237#329603
1985#436381
1984#515275
1983#553231
1982#672170
1981#682161
1980#671166
1979#87599
1978#1,05169
1977#1,01971
1976#1,19052
1975#1,23847
1974#1,13552
1973#1,40036
1972#2,02020
1971#1,98721
1970#2,29316
1969#3,5957
1968#3,6736
1967#2,9858
1966#2,9868
1965#2,7809
1964#4,0395
1963#3,0448
1962#2,8489
1961#2,40912
1960#3,3377
1959#3,6196
1958
1957#3,0248
1956#2,9698
1955#2,9648
1954#2,44911
1953#2,7099
1952#2,15313
1951#3,3646
1950#3,0217
1949#2,33711
1948#3,3166
1947#2,8628
1946#2,03013
1945#2,5748
1944#2,30910
1943#1,98614
1942#2,7128
1941#2,4919
1940#3,4595
1939#2,15911
1938#2,18511
1937#2,4799
1936#2,18411
1935#2,12712
1934#1,78316
1933#2,36810
1932#1,99514
1931#1,92715
1930#2,07914
1929#2,7669
1928#1,82218
1927#2,29813
1926#1,72020
1925#2,08915
1924#1,89418
1923#1,81619
1922#1,95217
1921#1,82919
1920#1,69421
1919#2,26513
1918#2,07315
1917#1,75518
1916#1,50522
1915#1,96814
1914#1,60815
1913#1,31116
1912#2,2696
1911#1,2908
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1895#9786
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1892#9566
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Dillon! It came in at #956, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Dillon is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedNHWashington: #393 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,480 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedIDMontana: #182 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,161 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #239 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,160 boysMNIllinois: #760 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,644 boysILWisconsin: #306 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,252 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedMINew York: #588 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 8,346 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedRIOregon: #236 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,077 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedSDIowa: #201 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,013 boysIAIndiana: #460 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,561 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #645 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,153 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #503 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 6,068 boysCAUtah: #225 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,762 boysUTColorado: #216 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,555 boysCONebraska: #234 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,383 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedDEArizona: #479 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,967 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedARTennessee: #457 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,281 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #350 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,440 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dillon, so not publishedHITexas: #508 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 5,493 boysTXFlorida: #819 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,241 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#182 · 1 in 1,161
  2. Iowa#201 · 1 in 2,013
  3. Colorado#216 · 1 in 1,555
  4. Utah#225 · 1 in 1,762
  5. Nebraska#234 · 1 in 2,383

Best ever in a state: #26 in Oklahoma, 1992.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#18251 in 1,161
Iowa#201101 in 2,013
Colorado#216161 in 1,555
Utah#225101 in 1,762
Nebraska#23451 in 2,383
Oregon#23691 in 2,077
Minnesota#239101 in 3,160
Wisconsin#30681 in 4,252
Oklahoma#35071 in 3,440
Washington#39371 in 4,480
Tennessee#45751 in 6,281
Indiana#46051 in 7,561
Arizona#47951 in 4,967
California#503351 in 6,068
Texas#508261 in 5,493
New York#588141 in 8,346
Pennsylvania#64551 in 15,153
Illinois#76061 in 13,644
Florida#81951 in 14,241
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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 Dillon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 67 spots since 2024 (#862#929)
  • 261 spots since 2020 (#668#929)
  • 481 spots since 2015 (#448#929)
  • Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1980 (#875#671)
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 2024 (#767#862)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1992 at #73 (5,062 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1992–1993
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 395
  • Highest: 1 in 395 boys born in 1992 were named Dillon (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,751 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 50.1% of all boys named Dillon (32,661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#956 (1892)#967
1900s0
1910s127#1,290 (1911)#1,783
1920s169#1,694 (1920)#1,988
1930s123#1,783 (1934)#2,129
1940s92#1,986 (1943)#2,608
1950s76#2,153 (1952)#2,919
1960s79#2,409 (1961)#3,170
1970s483#875 (1979)#1,421
1980s4,501#251 (1989)#471
1990s32,661#73 (1992)#120
2000s17,708#169 (2000)#215
2010s7,170#304 (2010)#444
2020s2,024#668 (2020)#770

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.

Dillon in 1984

boys
#515
275 births · 1 in 6,563 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #515Dillon275
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 6,563 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 93.0% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #511Quintin277
  2. #513Aron276
  3. #513Blaine276
  4. #515Dillon275
  5. #515Scotty275
  6. #517Colt273
  7. #518Kasey272
  8. #519Santiago270

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 958Ryne#1,562#604
  2. 472Rachel#1,448#976
  3. 399Zebulon#1,375#976
  4. 359Travon#1,327#968
  5. 347Mackenzie#1,347#1,000
Fallers
  1. 741Trumaine#949#1,690
  2. 422Basil#1,000#1,422
  3. 240Alfonzo#1,000#1,240
  4. 208Jasen#804#1,012
  5. 205Woodrow#949#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984