Dhillon — boys' name
61 babies named Dhillon in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Dhillon was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Dhillon in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dhillon
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Dhillon between 1999 and 2014, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dhillon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dhillon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dhillon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dhillon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dhillon 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 61 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.
Dhillon at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dhillon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999
- Peak year (2004)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
61 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 10 births in a single year.
Dhillon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 35 births that decade — 57% of Dhillon's all-time total
Dhillon decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dhillon's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Dhillon by state
Where Dhillon concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 16.4% |
10 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 16.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.4% 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, 1999–2014 (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.