Dallin

Where Dallin comes from

The dictionaries list Dallin as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1932
    Dallin H. Oaks born
    President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  2. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,907 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1995
    Dallin Watene-Zelezniak born
    New Zealand rugby league footballer
  4. 1999
    Peak, #728
    225 babies named Dallin — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,675.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dallin H. Oaks · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born 1932
  • Dallin Watene-Zelezniak · New Zealand rugby league footballer, born 1995
  • Dallin Leavitt · American football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.