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Dhillon

Boy · DHIL-lon · Punjabi

Dhillon is a boys' name of Punjabi origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Dhillon mean?

Punjabi: Punjabi Jat clan name

Dhillon is one of the large Jat clans of Punjab, more often a surname than a first name.

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

Dhillon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dhillon in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Dhillon, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 14 boys.

Half of all the boys named Dhillon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 14 in 19972025
Dhillon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20246#3,335
20236#3,279
20223#5,017
20214#4,188
20208#2,562
20198#2,633
201812#1,981
20177#2,875
20164#4,214
20158#2,614
20144#4,063
20139#2,334
20128#2,595
20116#3,038
20108#2,534
200914#1,674
20086#2,906
20076#2,873
200610#1,845
200513#1,522
200413#1,417
200312#1,418
20028#1,728
200111#1,369
20008#1,637
199912#1,188
19986#1,932
199714#1,066
19964#2,442

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