first name
DILLON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 57,539 people named Dillon, 79.7% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as Black. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dillon peaked in 1992, when 5,082 babies got the name.
At least 66,270 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Dillon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #218. The largest share of babies named Dillon, 44.1%, 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 Dillon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dillon has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Colorado (2.4×), and Idaho (2.3×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.2×).
63,177 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 Dillon
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dillon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dillon ranks #698 of 156,621, with 47,767 people. See Dillon as a last name
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