How Many People Are Named Dillon?
people named Dillon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,336 people in the US has this name
Based on 66,270 babies named Dillon in Social Security records from 1892 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,082 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DYLAN based on the spelling of the surname Dillon, which has an unrelated origin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dillon in English. Counting Dillon and these spellings together, about 497,780 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dillon, 1.6% were girls and 98.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Dillon rose from 0% in the 1910s to 13.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dillon alive today is about 26 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dillon first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1992, to 5,082 babies. In 2025, 294 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dillon never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #73, in 1992, and it was in the top 100 for 2 years, 1992 to 1993. In 2025 it ranked #930.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #930 |
| Best rank | #73 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | 2 (1992 to 1993) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #117 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dillon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dillon were born in California than in any other state: about 6,378 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dillon was given 2.6 times as often in Montana, 2.6 times in Wyoming and 2.3 times in Nebraska.
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