Dalton is a boy's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 729 boys in the United States.
Dalton belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Dalton first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #85 in 1994, and in 2024 729 babies received the name — 85,003 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Dalton is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Dalton is a boy name. In 2024, 729 babies received the name in the US.
Dalton comes from the English & American tradition.
Dalton first appears in US records in 1881. Its best-ever ranking was #85 in 1994, and 729 babies were given the name in 2024.
This profile is built from the US Social Security Administration's public baby-names data — see the source. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check. If you spot an error, write to [email protected].
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