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Dalten

Boy · DAWL-ton · English

Dalten is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “valley settlement”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Dalten mean?

English: spelling of Dalton; English place name, from Old English dael, valley, and tun, settlement

“valley settlement”

The chemist John Dalton, who pioneered modern atomic theory, is a famous bearer of the surname.

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DAWL-ton

Meaning borrowed from Dalton. More on Wiktionary.

Is Dalten a girl's or a boy's name?

Dalten is a boys' name.

How popular is Dalten in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the boys named Dalten in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 26 in 19992020
Dalten in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20205#12,016
20196#10,797
20186#10,754
20176#10,770
20166#10,739
20155#12,080
20146#10,711
20139#8,113
201210#7,553
20115#12,280
201012#6,692
200913#6,432
200815#5,762
200714#5,898
200617#5,068
200515#5,273
200417#4,788
200322#3,833
200218#4,316
200116#4,670
200021#3,758
199926#3,099
199818#3,845
199717#3,872
199612#4,871
19957#6,985
199416#3,905
199311#4,995
19925#8,426
19917#6,511

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