NameTides

Dalton

Dalton was the #448 boys' name in the US in 2025 (699 babies), and #621 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Dalton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dalton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesIreland
Dalton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#448 (699)#621 (60)#495 (6)—#676 (4)#713 (38)
2024#433 (732)#468 (85)#619 (4)#305 (5)#472 (7)#658 (41)
2023#513 (582)#651 (54)#482 (6)#395 (3)—#756 (33)
2022#516 (574)#679 (50)#703 (3)——#809 (31)
2021#519 (566)#719 (48)——#631 (4)#498 (59)
2020#463 (638)#544 (68)#711 (3)#334 (4)—#906 (26)
2019#444 (686)#469 (86)#516 (5)#418 (3)#564 (5)#551 (50)
2018#397 (799)#531 (74)—#416 (3)—#618 (42)
2017#371 (893)#581 (65)—#279 (6)#710 (3)#608 (43)
2016#328 (1,050)#597 (60)#532 (5)——#565 (48)
2015#328 (1,050)#543 (70)#686 (3)#415 (3)—#602 (44)
2014#312 (1,118)#520 (73)———#673 (38)
2013#310 (1,106)#655 (51)#687 (3)——#874 (26)
2012#284 (1,232)#695 (48)———#581 (44)
2011#276 (1,267)#565 (62)———#648 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #88.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dalton is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dalton by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #639WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #562NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #378ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #371INOhio: #357OHPennsylvania: #363PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #420CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #309NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #428GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #421FL
Dalton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Dalton (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DaltonCanadaBoys#71338
DaltonEngland & WalesBoys#62160
DaltonIrelandBoys#6764
DaltonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DaltonScotlandBoys#4956
DaltonUSGirls#13,2086
DaltonUSBoys#448699