Dillion
Boy · DIL-un · Irish
Dillion is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Dillion mean?
Irish: spelling of Dillon, an Irish surname of Norman origin
Dillon came to Ireland with the Normans; as a first name it is also treated as a spelling of Dylan.
- Say it
- DIL-un
Is Dillion a girl's or a boy's name?
Dillion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dillion in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.
Dillion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Dillion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Dillion, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 354 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Dillion in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,862 boys in the US were given Dillion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #40, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Dillion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 83 | #1,772 |
| 2006 | 84 | #1,684 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,477 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 124 | #1,189 |
| 2002 | 121 | #1,166 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,058 |
| 2000 | 149 | #991 |
| 1999 | 172 | #878 |
| 1998 | 173 | #842 |
| 1997 | 184 | #795 |
| 1996 | 176 | #815 |
| 1995 | 178 | #800 |
| 1994 | 224 | #695 |
| 1993 | 275 | #620 |
| 1992 | 354 | #539 |
| 1991 | 186 | #743 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,233 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
Names like Dillion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan Aiden Ryan Dylan Kian Ronan Finn Keegan Caelan Cody Conan Connor
Other spellings of Dillion
Dylan Dilan Dillon Dillan Dyllan Dylon Dylin Dylann Dylen Dhylan
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