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Daulton

Gender
Boy
Say it
DAWL-ton
Origin
English

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

What does Daulton mean?

English: spelling of Dalton

“valley settlement”

A spelling of Dalton; chemist John Dalton pioneered modern atomic theory.

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

Daulton is a boys' name.

How popular is Daulton in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 178 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.

Half of all the boys named Daulton in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1916Busiest: 178 in 19942024
Daulton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20247#9,888
20230–
20220–
20217#9,709
202014#5,976
201913#6,401
201813#6,341
201715#5,784
201618#5,120
201512#6,671
201412#6,627
201312#6,598
201218#5,030
201113#6,250
201028#3,707
200926#3,917
200840#2,945
200728#3,685
200626#3,780
200537#2,842
200442#2,565
200345#2,345
200251#2,088
200157#1,908
200069#1,662
199989#1,339
1998105#1,174
1997129#995
1996117#1,040
1995114#1,040
1994178#790
1993116#1,019
199239#1,997
199117#3,456
199010#4,986
19895#7,898
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
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19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19306#3,590
19290–
19280–
19278#3,150
19260–
19250–
19240–
19235#4,236
19220–
19210–
19208#3,207
19190–
19180–
19170–
19165#3,896

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Daulton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daulton, updated 20 October 2026.