Recorded 1999–2014 Boys' name Peak 2004 61 births

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.

1990s52000s352010s21
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Dhillon was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

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 2014

Total births

61

Since 1999

16 years of records

Peak year

2004

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1999

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2014

Dhillon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2004)
10
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4681012 201420132011200920062004200220011999 5

Dhillon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
35 births that decade — 57% of Dhillon's all-time total
1990s52000s352010s21

Dhillon by state

Where Dhillon concentrates geographically — total births since 1999

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Dhillon
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 16.4%
California share of Dhillon's total US births 16.4%

10 of 61 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dhillon?
61 babies have been named Dhillon since 1999. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2004 with 10 births.
When was Dhillon most popular?
Dhillon was most popular in the 2000s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Dhillon most popular?
The top states for the name Dhillon are California (10 births).
How long has the name Dhillon been used?
Dhillon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 16 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Dhillon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dhilan, Dhiren, Dhir, Dhiago, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.