Dalton
Dalton is ranked 432nd among boys in 2024 (729 births). Its best rank was 85th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- #432up 81 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7290.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 19984,563 births
- Best rank
- #85in 1994
- Since 1881
- 85,003people given the name
The story in the numbers
85,003 boys have been named Dalton in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 4,563 births — 0.24% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 312 → 432).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 42%. It has spent 128 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 8 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dalton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | |
| 1890s | 63 | |
| 1900s | 109 | |
| 1910s | 778 | |
| 1920s | 1,469 | |
| 1930s | 1,420 | |
| 1940s | 1,251 | |
| 1950s | 1,015 | |
| 1960s | 832 | |
| 1970s | 692 | |
| 1980s | 1,575 | |
| 1990s | 35,980 | |
| 2000s | 26,177 | |
| 2010s | 10,532 | |
| 2020s | 3,085 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Dalton was the 88th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Dalton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tylarpeak 1997
- Kishanpeak 1997
- Dakotapeak 1995
- Jaquanpeak 1999
- Dajonpeak 1999
- Alecpeak 1995
- Austinpeak 1995
- Deondrepeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.