Dalton — #432 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dalton

The Social Security Administration has registered 85,003 babies named Dalton between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dalton currently holds the #432 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 4,563 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35,980 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dalton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalton in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dalton 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 85,003 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.