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How popular is the name Dillon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dillons are alive today.
Dillon (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Dylan in England and Wales, ranked 822nd in 2025 with 39 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 283 babies were given the name, the 158th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 14% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dylan you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Dylans born in England and Wales are between 13 and 25, and there are at least 72,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 21% chance that at least one of them will be called Dylan.
How many babies are named Dillon each year?
Includes all spellings: Dillon, Dylan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dillon spelling rank?
Where does the Dylan spelling rank?
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 Dillon most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Dylan, peaked in 2008, when 3,584 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dillon spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 283 babies.
How many people are called Dillon?
At least 72,000 people named Dillon in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dillon?
Most living Dillons are between 13 and 25; the most common age is about 18.
Is Dillon becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.