Delton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEL-tun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Delton is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Delton come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Dalton, or Del- with the surname ending -ton
Is Delton a girl's or a boy's name?
Delton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Delton, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1933, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Delton in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,676 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,238 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,023 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,090 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,020 |
| 1964 | 58 | #989 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 60 | #983 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,051 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 67 | #938 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,070 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,049 |
| 1956 | 76 | #859 |
| 1955 | 73 | #861 |
| 1954 | 62 | #938 |
| 1953 | 65 | #888 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 62 | #871 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 |
| 1948 | 64 | #851 |
| 1947 | 61 | #888 |
| 1946 | 61 | #842 |
| 1945 | 51 | #884 |
| 1944 | 59 | #814 |
| 1943 | 55 | #897 |
| 1942 | 62 | #821 |
| 1941 | 69 | #746 |
| 1940 | 70 | #729 |
| 1939 | 67 | #733 |
| 1938 | 57 | #816 |
| 1937 | 70 | #722 |
| 1936 | 68 | #729 |
| 1935 | 60 | #798 |
| 1934 | 77 | #694 |
| 1933 | 77 | #668 |
| 1932 | 49 | #924 |
| 1931 | 56 | #841 |
| 1930 | 70 | #765 |
| 1929 | 54 | #914 |
| 1928 | 56 | #891 |
| 1927 | 51 | #982 |
| 1926 | 50 | #963 |
| 1925 | 66 | #814 |
| 1924 | 66 | #838 |
| 1923 | 62 | #860 |
| 1922 | 66 | #840 |
| 1921 | 69 | #825 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,009 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,120 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,068 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,256 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
Nicknames for Delton
Names like Delton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Delton
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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, “Delton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delton, updated 20 October 2026.