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How popular is the name Dolton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Doltons are alive today.
Dolton (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 11 babies were given the name, the 1909th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 36% of its peak. Dolton is one spelling of a name also recorded as Doulton; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dolton you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old - or else around 28: the name has two living generations. Half of all Doltons born in England and Wales are between 9 and 25, and there are at least 190 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 Dolton - on average, only one in every 1,595 such rooms contains a Dolton.
How many babies are named Dolton each year?
Includes all spellings: Dolton, Doulton. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dolton spelling rank?
Where does the Doulton 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 Dolton most popular?
Dolton peaked in 2014, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Dolton?
At least 190 people named Dolton in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dolton?
Most living Doltons are between 9 and 25; the most common age is about 11. There is a second cluster around 28.
Is Dolton becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.