Dillon

What Dillon means

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

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1992, with 5,062 babies; 253 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Dillon?

US: Falling: down from #448 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #485 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1992, when 5,062 boys got the name (#73 that year). First in the US records in 1892.

How common

• About 1 in 6,751 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,973 baby boys in England and Wales 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 WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.52 per 1,000 boys), OR (0.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Dillon is #929 in the US and #822 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 86.1% of US babies named Dillon 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

• Dilan309 US · 23 E&W
• Daylon58 US
• Dallin35 US
• Dillan28 US · 7 E&W
• Delon17 US
• Dallen17 US
• Dyllan11 US
• Dylon11 US

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 Dillon

Boys

• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Kyle#508“narrows”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025
• Spencer#360Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 4,619 babies; 908 in 2025

For a sister

• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025

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 Dillon’s. Rank is US 2025.