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How popular is the name Dalton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Daltons are alive today.
Dalton (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 621st in 2025 with 60 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2019, when 86 babies were given the name, the 469th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 970 in 2010 before climbing back to the 621st place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Dalton you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old - or else around 28: the name has two living generations. Half of all Daltons born in England and Wales are between 7 and 25, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dalton - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Dalton.
How many babies are named Dalton each year?
Where does Dalton rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dalton most popular?
Dalton peaked in 2019, when 86 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dalton?
At least 1,700 people named Dalton born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dalton?
Most living Daltons are between 7 and 25; the most common age is about 7. There is a second cluster around 28.
Is Dalton becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.