Dolton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dolton

The Social Security Administration has registered 451 babies named Dolton between 1917 and 2016, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dolton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dolton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dolton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dolton 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 451 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.