Dillon

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1992 · 5,062 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
65,225
since 1892

Dillon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #73, 1992boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,64541#929253
2024#3,22549#862280
2023#2,85259#767336
2022#2,99555#724360
2021#3,15751#669403
2020#2,71261#668392
2019#3,61142#640421
2018#3,34647#592463
2017#3,55243#525543
2016#3,99637#459670
2015#4,85328#448686
2014#4,10336#397787
2013#5,14326#379795
2012#5,39825#352872
2011#5,20726#345878
2010#7,51316#3041,055
2009#5,70924#2921,131
2008#4,88230#2661,308
2007#6,55220#2351,549
2006#8,23714#2231,610
2005#7,89114#2031,897
2004#4,60129#1971,951
2003#5,58621#1882,011
2002#7,44414#2011,847
2001#7,31714#1752,141
2000#9,16310#1692,263
1999#8,80510#1422,682
1998#5,58318#1342,838
1997#4,81921#1322,887
1996#5,28018#1213,025
1995#5,67716#1223,035
1994#5,24918#1013,534
1993#3,68129#904,282
1992#4,84920#735,062
1991#5,39917#1033,634
1990#7,30311#1841,682
1989#6,95511#2511,027
1988#7,11110#293787
1987#8,7787#307700
1986#8,5237#329603
1985#436381
1984#515275
1983#553231
1982#672170
1981#682161
1980#671166
1979#87599
1978#1,05169
1977#1,01971
1976#1,19052
1975#1,23847
1974#1,13552
1973#1,40036
1972#2,02020
1971#1,98721
1970#2,29316
1969#3,5957
1968#3,6736
1967#2,9858
1966#2,9868
1965#2,7809
1964#4,0395
1963#3,0448
1962#2,8489
1961#2,40912
1960#3,3377
1959#3,6196
1958
1957#3,0248
1956#2,9698
1955#2,9648
1954#2,44911
1953#2,7099
1952#2,15313
1951#3,3646
1950#3,0217
1949#2,33711
1948#3,3166
1947#2,8628
1946#2,03013
1945#2,5748
1944#2,30910
1943#1,98614
1942#2,7128
1941#2,4919
1940#3,4595
1939#2,15911
1938#2,18511
1937#2,4799
1936#2,18411
1935#2,12712
1934#1,78316
1933#2,36810
1932#1,99514
1931#1,92715
1930#2,07914
1929#2,7669
1928#1,82218
1927#2,29813
1926#1,72020
1925#2,08915
1924#1,89418
1923#1,81619
1922#1,95217
1921#1,82919
1920#1,69421
1919#2,26513
1918#2,07315
1917#1,75518
1916#1,50522
1915#1,96814
1914#1,60815
1913#1,31116
1912#2,2696
1911#1,2908
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1892#9566
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Dillon! It came in at #956, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Dillon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 67 spots since 2024 (#862#929)
  • 261 spots since 2020 (#668#929)
  • 481 spots since 2015 (#448#929)
  • Biggest jump: 204 spots in 1980 (#875#671)
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 2024 (#767#862)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1992 at #73 (5,062 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1992–1993
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 395
  • Highest: 1 in 395 boys born in 1992 were named Dillon (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,751 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 50.1% of all boys named Dillon (32,661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#956 (1892)#967
1900s0
1910s127#1,290 (1911)#1,783
1920s169#1,694 (1920)#1,988
1930s123#1,783 (1934)#2,129
1940s92#1,986 (1943)#2,608
1950s76#2,153 (1952)#2,919
1960s79#2,409 (1961)#3,170
1970s483#875 (1979)#1,421
1980s4,501#251 (1989)#471
1990s32,661#73 (1992)#120
2000s17,708#169 (2000)#215
2010s7,170#304 (2010)#444
2020s2,024#668 (2020)#770

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.

Dillon in 1990

girls
#7,303
11 births · 1 in 172,595 girls
boys
#184
1,682 births · 1 in 1,221 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #7,303Dillon11

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #184Dillon1,682
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 172,595 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 52.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #6,867Yoko12
  2. #6,867Zia12
  3. #6,867Zoie12
  4. #7,303Dillon11
  5. #7,303Abeer11
  6. #7,303Adasha11
  7. #7,303Adelita11
  8. #7,880Aarin10
  9. #7,880Abbigayle10
  10. #7,880Abegail10

Tied with 576 names at #7,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 1,221 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 98.1% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #181Rodney1,710
  2. #182Lance1,697
  3. #183Grant1,694
  4. #184Dillon1,682
  5. #185Bobby1,677
  6. #186Xavier1,647
  7. #187Nicolas1,643
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990