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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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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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 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #70 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 264 boysAKMaine: #80 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 301 boysMEVermont: #72 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 243 boysVTNew Hampshire: #69 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 259 boysNHWashington: #95 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 406 boysWAIdaho: #47 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 177 boysIDMontana: #45 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 153 boysMTNorth Dakota: #59 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 187 boysNDMinnesota: #72 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 275 boysMNIllinois: #132 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 690 boysILWisconsin: #94 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 451 boysWIMichigan: #90 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 446 boysMINew York: #120 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 732 boysNYMassachusetts: #129 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 919 boysMARhode Island: #112 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 613 boysRIOregon: #97 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 401 boysORNevada: #57 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 240 boysNVWyoming: #48 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 146 boysWYSouth Dakota: #80 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 275 boysSDIowa: #59 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 216 boysIAIndiana: #76 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 312 boysINOhio: #90 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 483 boysOHPennsylvania: #99 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 578 boysPANew Jersey: #114 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 739 boysNJConnecticut: #93 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 496 boysCTCalifornia: #151 for boys · 377 births · 1 in 731 boysCAUtah: #91 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 352 boysUTColorado: #55 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 225 boysCONebraska: #40 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 138 boysNEMissouri: #71 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 259 boysMOKentucky: #82 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 357 boysKYWest Virginia: #94 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 432 boysWVVirginia: #91 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 478 boysVAMaryland: #134 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 800 boysMDDelaware: #151 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 846 boysDEArizona: #79 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 331 boysAZNew Mexico: #100 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 395 boysNMKansas: #86 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 334 boysKSArkansas: #55 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 207 boysARTennessee: #73 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 319 boysTNNorth Carolina: #56 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 256 boysNCSouth Carolina: #65 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 322 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #287 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,374 boysDCOklahoma: #38 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 160 boysOKLouisiana: #60 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 263 boysLAMississippi: #107 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 466 boysMSAlabama: #89 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 425 boysALGeorgia: #69 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 370 boysGAHawaii: #86 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 362 boysHITexas: #91 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 387 boysTXFlorida: #82 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 412 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#38 · 1 in 160
  2. Nebraska#40 · 1 in 138
  3. Montana#45 · 1 in 153
  4. Idaho#47 · 1 in 177
  5. Wyoming#48 · 1 in 146

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#381221 in 160
Nebraska#40721 in 138
Montana#45291 in 153
Idaho#47401 in 177
Wyoming#48151 in 146
Arkansas#55691 in 207
Colorado#551081 in 225
North Carolina#561751 in 256
Nevada#57381 in 240
Iowa#59811 in 216
North Dakota#59221 in 187
Louisiana#601111 in 263
South Carolina#65671 in 322
Georgia#691301 in 370
New Hampshire#69261 in 259
Alaska#70151 in 264
Missouri#711381 in 259
Minnesota#721081 in 275
Vermont#72121 in 243
Tennessee#731081 in 319
Indiana#761241 in 312
Arizona#79931 in 331
Maine#80221 in 301
South Dakota#80161 in 275
Florida#822131 in 412
Kentucky#82671 in 357
Hawaii#86181 in 362
Kansas#86471 in 334
Alabama#89611 in 425
Michigan#901431 in 446
Ohio#901551 in 483
Texas#913961 in 387
Utah#91481 in 352
Virginia#91861 in 478
Connecticut#93411 in 496
West Virginia#94231 in 432
Wisconsin#94691 in 451
Washington#95851 in 406
Oregon#97481 in 401
Pennsylvania#991311 in 578
New Mexico#100291 in 395
Mississippi#107341 in 466
Rhode Island#112101 in 613
New Jersey#114691 in 739
New York#1201761 in 732
Massachusetts#129431 in 919
Illinois#1321241 in 690
Maryland#134381 in 800
California#1513771 in 731
Delaware#15151 in 846
District of Columbia#28751 in 1,374

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 1993

girls
#3,681
29 births · 1 in 62,382 girls
boys
#90
4,282 births · 1 in 458 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #3,681Dillon29

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #90Dillon4,282
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 62,382 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 76.7% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #3,585Windy30
  2. #3,585Xavier30
  3. #3,585Zuleyka30
  4. #3,681Dillon29
  5. #3,681Abbigale29
  6. #3,681Alida29
  7. #3,681Amparo29
  8. #3,776Adara28
  9. #3,776Adelaida28
  10. #3,776Aleia28

Tied with 94 names at #3,681; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 458 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 99.1% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #87Luke4,357
  2. #88Miguel4,349
  3. #89Antonio4,301
  4. #90Dillon4,282
  5. #91Victor4,207
  6. #92Ethan4,164
  7. #93Seth4,060
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →