first name
DALTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 68,878 people named Dalton, 87.9% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as two or more races and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dalton peaked in 1998, when 4,590 babies got the name.
At least 86,142 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dalton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #202. The largest share of babies named Dalton, 50.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dalton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dalton has been most common in Oklahoma (2.3×), Alaska (2.2×), and Wyoming (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.18×).
81,483 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dalton
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dalton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dalton ranks #680 of 156,621, with 48,924 people. See Dalton as a last name
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