Dillard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dillard

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,730 babies named Dillard between 1880 and 2014, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dillard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dillard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 816 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Dillard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 376 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dillard in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dillard 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 3,730 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.