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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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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1895#9786
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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 2010

girls
#7,513
16 births · 1 in 111,100 girls
boys
#304
1,055 births · 1 in 1,819 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #7,513Dillon16

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #304Dillon1,055
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 111,100 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 62.1% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #7,217Zyan17
  2. #7,217Zykira17
  3. #7,217Zynia17
  4. #7,513Dillon16
  5. #7,513Abena16
  6. #7,513Abryanna16
  7. #7,513Adama16
  8. #7,880Aaminah15
  9. #7,880Aariah15
  10. #7,880Abeni15

Tied with 366 names at #7,513; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 1,819 of them was named Dillon, which outranked 97.9% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dillon
  1. #301Elliot1,080
  2. #302Frank1,077
  3. #303Lane1,062
  4. #304Dillon1,055
  5. #305Fabian1,042
  6. #306Brock1,040
  7. #307Derrick1,038
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

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

See the top 100 for 2010