Dalton

Boy name

Dalton has been given to 86,142 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 1998 and currently ranks #448 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈdɒltən/

From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale +&lrm; town.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

86,142

Peak year

1998 (4,590 babies)

Rank in 2025

#448 for boys

First recorded

1881

10-year trend

▼ -33%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Dalton Trumbo

American screenwriter (1905–1976)

Fred Thompson

American politician and actor (1942–2015)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Dalton.

88,085 babies since 1880

88,524 babies since 1904

82,233 babies since 1913

81,962 babies since 1895

92,141 babies since 1912

92,976 babies since 1914

79,139 babies since 1915

94,582 babies since 1880

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