Dolton
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
- Peak · boys
- 1936 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 451since 1917
Dolton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dolton has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
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| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
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| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
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| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
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| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
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| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Dolton! It came in at #2,562, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dolton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dolton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1936 at #2,452 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 92,548
- Highest: 1 in 92,548 boys born in 1917 were named Dolton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 271,105 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,452 in 1936, was only 1 in 115,245 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 25.1% of all boys named Dolton (113) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,562 (1917) | #3,365 |
| 1920s | 64 | #2,641 (1924) | #3,491 |
| 1930s | 63 | #2,452 (1936) | #2,760 |
| 1940s | 42 | #2,478 (1940) | #2,938 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,734 (1952) | #3,734 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 113 | #3,559 (1995) | #4,831 |
| 2000s | 95 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,456 |
| 2010s | 49 | #7,048 (2014) | #9,969 |
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.
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