Dillard
Dillard was last recorded in 2014, when 5 babies were given it; 3,730 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2014 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,090 Americans named Dillard and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (29% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 51 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dillard by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dillard?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,552, in 2014; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
96 babies in 1921, the peak
Dillard peaked in 1921, when 96 boys were given it, #658 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #12,552 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,151 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,747 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #11,286 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,486 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,816 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 8 | #8,038 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,838 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,579 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 7 | #8,080 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 | #5,933 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,493 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,658 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #7,198 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,554 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,448 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,644 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,287 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,229 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,927 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,645 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,997 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,995 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,287 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,164 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,666 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,467 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,214 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,236 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,444 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,795 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,387 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,702 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,426 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,861 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,392 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,810 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,876 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,858 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,722 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,829 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,873 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,666 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,635 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,771 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,471 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,321 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,526 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,281 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,254 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,236 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,115 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,275 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,126 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,382 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,263 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,208 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,050 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,025 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 53 | #975 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 62 | #839 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 51 | #888 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 67 | #763 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 61 | #849 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 59 | #852 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 52 | #878 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 51 | #884 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 64 | #755 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 57 | #822 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 66 | #752 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 57 | #811 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 73 | #712 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 82 | #670 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 65 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 70 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 63 | #788 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 76 | #720 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 76 | #713 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 83 | #698 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 70 | #790 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 68 | #794 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 89 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1924 | 85 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 88 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 74 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 96 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 87 | #688 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 76 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 76 | #739 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 61 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 55 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 37 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 31 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 37 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 17 | #797 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,137 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 16 | #690 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 19 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 18 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 11 | #769 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 11 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 8 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 7 | #931 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 14 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 11 | #648 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 17 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 11 | #628 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 14 | #583 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 9 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 7 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 9 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 12 | #609 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 11 | #622 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 10 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 8 | #714 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 7 | #782 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 6 | #879 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 10 | #609 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 10 | #615 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 9 | #612 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 10 | #610 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Dillard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dillard has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Dillard: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dillard, and how old are they?
1,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 29% of the 3,730 Americans ever recorded as Dillard. The median Dillard alive today is 67 years old; half are between 51 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 1,239 people named Dillard (28 women and girls, 1,211 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,360 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 210 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 448 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 216 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 131 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 75 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dillard born?
The states with the most babies named Dillard are Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, with 60% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 376 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| Tennessee | 315 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| North Carolina | 253 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Georgia | 144 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 117 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Oklahoma | 96 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Alabama | 80 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Virginia | 61 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Arkansas | 39 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| West Virginia | 30 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Dillard is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dillard is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dillard with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dillard
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dillard and names like it
- Compare Dillard and AuthorBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDillard peaked in 1921.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dillard since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Dillard.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dillard alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.