Dillon
#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #929 for boys in 2025, 253 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 5,062 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 65,225since 1892
Dillon over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #929 | 253 |
| 2024 | #3,225 | 49 | #862 | 280 |
| 2023 | #2,852 | 59 | #767 | 336 |
| 2022 | #2,995 | 55 | #724 | 360 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | #669 | 403 |
| 2020 | #2,712 | 61 | #668 | 392 |
| 2019 | #3,611 | 42 | #640 | 421 |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 | #592 | 463 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | #525 | 543 |
| 2016 | #3,996 | 37 | #459 | 670 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #448 | 686 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 | #397 | 787 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | #379 | 795 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #352 | 872 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #345 | 878 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #304 | 1,055 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #292 | 1,131 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 | #266 | 1,308 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #235 | 1,549 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #223 | 1,610 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #203 | 1,897 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #197 | 1,951 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #188 | 2,011 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | #201 | 1,847 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #175 | 2,141 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #169 | 2,263 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #142 | 2,682 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | #134 | 2,838 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #132 | 2,887 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #121 | 3,025 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #122 | 3,035 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #101 | 3,534 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | #90 | 4,282 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #73 | 5,062 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #103 | 3,634 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #184 | 1,682 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #251 | 1,027 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #293 | 787 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #307 | 700 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #329 | 603 |
| 1985 | — | #436 | 381 | |
| 1984 | — | #515 | 275 | |
| 1983 | — | #553 | 231 | |
| 1982 | — | #672 | 170 | |
| 1981 | — | #682 | 161 | |
| 1980 | — | #671 | 166 | |
| 1979 | — | #875 | 99 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,051 | 69 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,019 | 71 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,190 | 52 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,238 | 47 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,135 | 52 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,822 | 18 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,816 | 19 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
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| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
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| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1992 at #73 (5,062 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1992–1993
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1979–2025
- Highest: 1 in 395 boys born in 1992 were named Dillon (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,751 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 50.1% of all boys named Dillon (32,661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #956 (1892) | #967 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,290 (1911) | #1,783 |
| 1920s | 169 | #1,694 (1920) | #1,988 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,783 (1934) | #2,129 |
| 1940s | 92 | #1,986 (1943) | #2,608 |
| 1950s | 76 | #2,153 (1952) | #2,919 |
| 1960s | 79 | #2,409 (1961) | #3,170 |
| 1970s | 483 | #875 (1979) | #1,421 |
| 1980s | 4,501 | #251 (1989) | #471 |
| 1990s | 32,661 | #73 (1992) | #120 |
| 2000s | 17,708 | #169 (2000) | #215 |
| 2010s | 7,170 | #304 (2010) | #444 |
| 2020s | 2,024 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 97,389 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 66.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,065Ysabella19
- #5,065Zoria19
- #5,065Zuleima19
- #5,280Dillon18
- #5,280Adaline18
- #5,280Ahlam18
- #5,280Ahuva18
- #5,531Abbagail17
- #5,531Adaeze17
- #5,531Aerin17
Tied with 250 names at #5,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 626 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 98.9% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.