Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dalton

#346 most common boys' name of all time · #763 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among boys
#346
Rank overall
#763 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
86,142
Since 2016
7,262
Peak year
1998 #88
Best rank
#85 1994
Girls Boys peak 4,590/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dalton first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 699 705 #448
2024 6 732 738 #433
2023 — 582 582 #513
2022 — 574 574 #516
2021 6 566 572 #519
2020 8 638 646 #464
2019 5 686 691 #444
2018 5 799 804 #398
2017 — 893 893 #371
2016 7 1,050 1,057 #328
2015 — 1,050 1,050 #328
2014 7 1,118 1,125 #312
2013 6 1,106 1,112 #310
2012 7 1,232 1,239 #285
2011 — 1,267 1,267 #276
2010 5 1,332 1,337 #260
2009 11 1,476 1,487 #239
2008 7 1,736 1,743 #218
2007 13 1,836 1,849 #212
2006 12 1,939 1,951 #200
2005 — 2,256 2,256 #180
2004 32 2,454 2,486 #167
2003 8 2,857 2,865 #143
2002 13 3,284 3,297 #117
2001 14 3,895 3,909 #98
2000 25 4,445 4,470 #91
1999 20 4,541 4,561 #86
1998 25 4,565 4,590 #88
1997 24 4,238 4,262 #90
1996 19 3,980 3,999 #99
1995 28 4,191 4,219 #87
1994 22 4,245 4,267 #85
1993 16 3,393 3,409 #106
1992 17 2,900 2,917 #121
1991 12 2,357 2,369 #136
1990 5 1,571 1,576 #193
1989 5 402 407 #474
1988 6 215 221 #645
1987 5 199 204 #650
1986 — 159 159 #718
1985 — 129 129 #781
1984 — 107 107 #850
1983 — 108 108 #838
1982 — 93 93 #927
1981 — 87 87 #965
1980 — 74 74 #1,050
1979 — 70 70 #1,059
1978 — 52 52 #1,246
1977 — 76 76 #983
1976 — 56 56 #1,148
1975 — 48 48 #1,230
1974 — 62 62 #1,048
1973 — 70 70 #966
1972 — 73 73 #944
1971 — 94 94 #840
1970 — 90 90 #848
1969 — 108 108 #753
1968 — 80 80 #825
1967 — 88 88 #779
1966 — 64 64 #906
1965 — 54 54 #1,005
1964 — 103 103 #756
1963 — 83 83 #832
1962 — 85 85 #826
1961 — 75 75 #886
1960 — 91 91 #800
1959 — 95 95 #789
1958 — 97 97 #750
1957 — 98 98 #760
1956 — 94 94 #757
1955 — 102 102 #723
1954 — 92 92 #747
1953 — 97 97 #727
1952 — 119 119 #643
1951 — 122 122 #643
1950 — 99 99 #686
1949 — 118 118 #630
1948 — 125 125 #609
1947 — 128 128 #601
1946 — 131 131 #559
1945 — 104 104 #598
1944 — 115 115 #573
1943 — 137 137 #540
1942 — 126 126 #548
1941 — 140 140 #493
1940 — 128 128 #511
1939 — 123 123 #512
1938 — 118 118 #538
1937 — 140 140 #480
1936 — 150 150 #461
1935 5 157 162 #453
1934 — 143 143 #477
1933 — 143 143 #469
1932 — 159 159 #446
1931 — 145 145 #471
1930 — 143 143 #500
1929 5 131 136 #513
1928 — 128 128 #540
1927 — 161 161 #480
1926 5 145 150 #503
1925 — 177 177 #454
1924 5 140 145 #534
1923 — 138 138 #519
1922 — 159 159 #495
1921 — 147 147 #512
1920 — 143 143 #508
1919 — 123 123 #540
1918 — 106 106 #594
1917 — 113 113 #554
1916 5 121 126 #519
1915 — 93 93 #593
1914 — 66 66 #627
1913 — 61 61 #555
1912 — 50 50 #572
1911 — 23 23 #657
1910 — 22 22 #631
1909 — 15 15 #744
1908 — 16 16 #678
1907 — 13 13 #764
1906 — 8 8 #973
1905 — 11 11 #771
1904 — 8 8 #925
1903 — 9 9 #825
1902 — 13 13 #646
1900 — 16 16 #643
1898 — 7 7 #947
1897 — 7 7 #906
1896 — 7 7 #942
1895 — 11 11 #677
1894 — 13 13 #592
1893 — 8 8 #818
1892 — 5 5 #1,155
1890 — 5 5 #1,075
1889 — 6 6 #933
1885 — 8 8 #754
1884 — 6 6 #931
1881 — 5 5 #942