Dalton
Boy · DAWL-ton · English
Dalton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “valley settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 630th for boys in the UK (66 babies) and 448th for boys in the US (699 babies).
What does Dalton mean?
English: 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.
- Say it
- DAWL-ton
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Is Dalton a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 699 boys in the US.
How popular is Dalton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #630among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the UK were named Dalton, making it the 630th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 559th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 94 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dalton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 621st in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Dalton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #630 |
| 2024 | 94 | #476 |
| 2023 | 63 | #639 |
| 2022 | 53 | #715 |
| 2021 | 50 | #761 |
| 2020 | 75 | #559 |
| 2019 | 94 | #476 |
| 2018 | 79 | #548 |
| 2017 | 72 | #586 |
| 2016 | 65 | #618 |
| 2015 | 76 | #562 |
| 2014 | 74 | #565 |
| 2013 | 54 | #685 |
| 2012 | 48 | #753 |
| 2011 | 63 | #606 |
| 2010 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 31 | #956 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 43 | #695 |
| 2005 | 52 | #569 |
| 2004 | 49 | #583 |
| 2003 | 53 | #508 |
| 2002 | 49 | #499 |
| 2001 | 43 | #524 |
| 2000 | 32 | #636 |
| 1999 | 50 | #478 |
| 1998 | 52 | #457 |
| 1997 | 59 | #419 |
| 1996 | 36 | #529 |
How popular is Dalton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #448among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 699about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 699 boys in the US were named Dalton, making it the 448th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 463rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4,565 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 6 girls were also named Dalton in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Dalton in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dalton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 699 | #448 |
| 2024 | 732 | #433 |
| 2023 | 582 | #513 |
| 2022 | 574 | #516 |
| 2021 | 566 | #519 |
| 2020 | 638 | #463 |
| 2019 | 686 | #444 |
| 2018 | 799 | #397 |
| 2017 | 893 | #371 |
| 2016 | 1,050 | #328 |
| 2015 | 1,050 | #328 |
| 2014 | 1,118 | #312 |
| 2013 | 1,106 | #310 |
| 2012 | 1,232 | #284 |
| 2011 | 1,267 | #276 |
| 2010 | 1,332 | #260 |
| 2009 | 1,476 | #239 |
| 2008 | 1,736 | #218 |
| 2007 | 1,836 | #212 |
| 2006 | 1,939 | #200 |
| 2005 | 2,256 | #180 |
| 2004 | 2,454 | #167 |
| 2003 | 2,857 | #143 |
| 2002 | 3,284 | #117 |
| 2001 | 3,895 | #98 |
| 2000 | 4,445 | #91 |
| 1999 | 4,541 | #86 |
| 1998 | 4,565 | #88 |
| 1997 | 4,238 | #90 |
| 1996 | 3,980 | #99 |
| 1995 | 4,191 | #87 |
| 1994 | 4,245 | #85 |
| 1993 | 3,393 | #106 |
| 1992 | 2,900 | #121 |
| 1991 | 2,357 | #136 |
| 1990 | 1,571 | #193 |
| 1989 | 402 | #473 |
| 1988 | 215 | #644 |
| 1987 | 199 | #646 |
| 1986 | 159 | #718 |
| 1985 | 129 | #781 |
| 1984 | 107 | #848 |
| 1983 | 108 | #838 |
| 1982 | 93 | #927 |
| 1981 | 87 | #964 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,047 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,056 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1977 | 76 | #981 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,228 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,045 |
| 1973 | 70 | #962 |
| 1972 | 73 | #943 |
| 1971 | 94 | #838 |
| 1970 | 90 | #848 |
| 1969 | 108 | #752 |
| 1968 | 80 | #825 |
| 1967 | 88 | #778 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,000 |
| 1964 | 103 | #753 |
| 1963 | 83 | #829 |
| 1962 | 85 | #821 |
| 1961 | 75 | #881 |
| 1960 | 91 | #798 |
| 1959 | 95 | #787 |
| 1958 | 97 | #746 |
| 1957 | 98 | #757 |
| 1956 | 94 | #755 |
| 1955 | 102 | #722 |
| 1954 | 92 | #744 |
| 1953 | 97 | #725 |
| 1952 | 119 | #642 |
| 1951 | 122 | #640 |
| 1950 | 99 | #684 |
| 1949 | 118 | #627 |
| 1948 | 125 | #607 |
| 1947 | 128 | #600 |
| 1946 | 131 | #556 |
| 1945 | 104 | #597 |
| 1944 | 115 | #573 |
| 1943 | 137 | #536 |
| 1942 | 126 | #548 |
| 1941 | 140 | #493 |
| 1940 | 128 | #510 |
| 1939 | 123 | #511 |
| 1938 | 118 | #537 |
| 1937 | 140 | #480 |
| 1936 | 150 | #459 |
| 1935 | 157 | #452 |
| 1934 | 143 | #475 |
| 1933 | 143 | #467 |
| 1932 | 159 | #446 |
| 1931 | 145 | #470 |
| 1930 | 143 | #498 |
| 1929 | 131 | #512 |
| 1928 | 128 | #537 |
| 1927 | 161 | #479 |
| 1926 | 145 | #502 |
| 1925 | 177 | #453 |
| 1924 | 140 | #532 |
| 1923 | 138 | #518 |
| 1922 | 159 | #493 |
| 1921 | 147 | #510 |
| 1920 | 143 | #507 |
| 1919 | 123 | #539 |
| 1918 | 106 | #592 |
| 1917 | 113 | #554 |
| 1916 | 121 | #517 |
| 1915 | 93 | #589 |
| 1914 | 66 | #622 |
| 1913 | 61 | #552 |
| 1912 | 50 | #568 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 22 | #621 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 16 | #657 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 16 | #623 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
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