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Dalton

Pronounced /ˈdɒltən/

Rank in 2024
#432
Born in 2024
729
Peak year
1998 · #88
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 729 boys were named Dalton, about 1 in every 2,353.
  • It peaked in 1998 with 4,563 babies, ranked #88.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 85,003 boys have been named Dalton since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dalton per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.8
    Millennials
  6. 1.4
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,081 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Silent: 2,428 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,954 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,161 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 24,139 babies, 0.79 per 1,000. Gen Z: 43,350 babies, 1.38 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,786 babies, 0.45 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdɒltən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Dalton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Delton

    Rank
    #7,615
    Born '24
    11
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19332024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Daulton

    Rank
    #10,662
    Born '24
    7
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19942024