How Many People Are Named Dalton?
people named Dalton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,300 people in the US has this name
Based on 86,142 babies named Dalton in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,590 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was John Dalton (1766-1844), the English chemist and physicist who theorized about the existence of atoms.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dalton, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dalton alive today is about 25 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dalton first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1998, to 4,590 babies. In 2025, 705 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dalton never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #85, in 1994, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 1994 to 2001. In 2025 it ranked #448.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #448 |
| Best rank | #85 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (1994 to 2001) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #105 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dalton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dalton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,368 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dalton was given 2.8 times as often in Kentucky, 2.7 times in Arkansas and 2.7 times in Oklahoma.
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