Dolton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOHL-tun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Dolton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Dolton mean?
English: English place name and surname, related to Dalton
Dolton is a village in Devon; the name is often treated as a variant of Dalton.
Is Dolton a girl's or a boy's name?
Dolton 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 Dolton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Dolton, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dolton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 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 4,212th in England and Wales.
Dolton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Dolton in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Dolton in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dolton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
Names like Dolton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Mason Harrison Dalton Dawson Grayson Jaxon Harley Austin Riley Harris Hunter
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dolton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dolton, updated 20 October 2026.