Dillard
Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,730since 1880
Dillard over time
Rank among boys' names. Dillard has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,628 | 24 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,123 | 43 |
| 1952 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,261 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,203 | 36 |
| 1949 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1948 | #1,023 | 47 |
| 1947 | #975 | 53 |
| 1946 | #838 | 62 |
| 1945 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #761 | 67 |
| 1943 | #846 | 61 |
| 1942 | #851 | 59 |
| 1941 | #876 | 52 |
| 1940 | #881 | 51 |
| 1939 | #754 | 64 |
| 1938 | #816 | 57 |
| 1937 | #751 | 66 |
| 1936 | #811 | 57 |
| 1935 | #710 | 73 |
| 1934 | #669 | 82 |
| 1933 | #757 | 65 |
| 1932 | #746 | 70 |
| 1931 | #787 | 63 |
| 1930 | #718 | 76 |
| 1929 | #712 | 76 |
| 1928 | #694 | 83 |
| 1927 | #786 | 70 |
| 1926 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #678 | 89 |
| 1924 | #716 | 85 |
| 1923 | #687 | 88 |
| 1922 | #766 | 74 |
| 1921 | #658 | 96 |
| 1920 | #687 | 87 |
| 1919 | #730 | 76 |
| 1918 | #733 | 76 |
| 1917 | #804 | 61 |
| 1916 | #998 | 41 |
| 1915 | #823 | 55 |
| 1914 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #700 | 37 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #603 | 17 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #597 | 10 |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dillard was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dillard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1911 (#1,118 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 439 spots in 1910 (#679 → #1,118)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #573 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1911–1947
- Highest: 1 in 8,123 boys born in 1908 were named Dillard (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,174 boys born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #573 in 1898, was only 1 in 8,763 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.9% of all boys named Dillard (816) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 86 | #583 (1887) | #688 |
| 1890s | 73 | #573 (1898) | #771 |
| 1900s | 132 | #583 (1902) | #696 |
| 1910s | 440 | #700 (1912) | #847 |
| 1920s | 816 | #658 (1921) | #718 |
| 1930s | 673 | #669 (1934) | #752 |
| 1940s | 548 | #761 (1944) | #898 |
| 1950s | 362 | #1,114 (1955) | #1,263 |
| 1960s | 230 | #1,320 (1960) | #1,691 |
| 1970s | 139 | #1,794 (1970) | #2,976 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,230 (1983) | #4,640 |
| 1990s | 102 | #3,604 (1992) | #5,730 |
| 2000s | 41 | #7,643 (2002) | #9,216 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,770 (2012) | #11,703 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dillard in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
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114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 19,074 of them was named Dillard, which outranked 24.6% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 122 names at #848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.