Dalton

What Dalton means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Dalton yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #328 in 2015 to #448 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dalton?

US: Falling: down from #328 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #543 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1998, when 4,565 boys got the name (#88 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 2,444 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,532 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys), NH (1.33 per 1,000 boys), ME (1.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Dalton is #448 in the US and #621 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Dalton were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Delton16 US
• Dolton0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Dalton

Boys

• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Spencer#360Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 4,619 babies; 908 in 2025
• Tanner#475From a surname for “a tanner”^*
• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*
• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*

For a sister

• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Paige#346possibly “servant”^*
• Leslie#712“garden of hollies”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Dalton’s. Rank is US 2025.