Dalon — #10036 US boys' name
767 babies named Dalon in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Dalon was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Dalon in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalon
The Social Security Administration has registered 767 babies named Dalon between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dalon currently holds the #10036 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dalon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalon in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 767 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dalon at a glance
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Current rank
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Dalon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (1996)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #10036 among boys.
767 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 39 births in a single year.
Dalon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 234 births that decade — 31% of Dalon's all-time total
Dalon decade highlights
- Peak decade 234 births
- Runner-up 223 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dalon's strongest decade
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Dalon by state
Where Dalon concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.8% |
12 of 767 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
- California 1.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.