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Dillon
Pronounced /ˈdɪlən/
Rank in 2024
#870
Born in 2024
276
Peak year
1992 · #73
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 276 boys were named Dillon, about 1 in every 6,215.
- It peaked in 1992 with 5,063 babies, ranked #73.
- It first shows up in the records in 1892.
- 64,964 boys have been named Dillon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dillon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 269 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 204 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 155 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 688 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 28,590 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Gen Z: 28,919 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,127 babies, 0.28 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Irish surname, from Breton Leon and Norman Léon, named after Sir Henry de Leon of the Viscounty of Léon. Related to the surname Lyon. Unrelated to the name Dylan, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈdɪlən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dillon, CC BY-SA 4.0.