Boys' name · since 1958
Dallon
Dallon has 685 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,864 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 685
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dallon currently ranks #9864 among boys' names in America, with 685 babies recorded since 1958.
Dallon has 685 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9864 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #6,533 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,864 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 685 born since 1958
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dallon ranks #6,533 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,864 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 685 born since 1958, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,533 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,864 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 685
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dallon's 685 recorded births place it above 85.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
How Dallon compares
685 Top 38% higher than 62% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dallon's all-time total is 86% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dallon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 685 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dallon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dallon's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dallon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Dallon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (211 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Dallon's strongest decade.
211 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Dallon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1980s 72
1980s
72 births
- 1990s
1990s
211 births
- 2000s
2000s
210 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 211 births (31% of all-time use).
How Dallon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Dallon's total volume
Dallon by state
Where Dallon concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 109 | 15.9% |
109 of 685 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dallon's data
- Dallon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (211 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Utah records the most Dallons (109 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dallon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~67 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dallon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.