Dalton

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dalton: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dalton: Recorded since 1972, with a gap of 23 years, it reached #279 in 2017, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#279highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dalton's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#535
1997	#386
1998	#419
1999	#454
2000	#596
2001	#495
2002	#463
2003	#479
2004	#532
2005	#535
2006	#663
2007	#684
2008	#916
2009	#923
2010	#970
2011	#565
2012	#695
2013	#655
2014	#520
2015	#543
2016	#597
2017	#581
2018	#531
2019	#469
2020	#544
2021	#719
2022	#679
2023	#651
2024	#468

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2024: #305 among boys in Northern Ireland, #468 among boys in England and Wales, #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1972–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2024
Highest recorded position: #279 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2015–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dalton appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,519 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1972.

Dalton across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dalton's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1972)	#307 (1972)	#676 (2025)	7 of 54	29 (1972–2025)	7 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#535 (1996)	#386 (1997)	#468 (2024)	29 of 29	1,519 (1996–2024)	86 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2015)	#279 (2017)	#305 (2024)	7 of 10	27 (2015–2024)	6 (2017)

Dalton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dalton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	188	4 of 10	47
2000s	408	10 of 10	41
2010sbusiest	618	10 of 10	62
2020s	305	5 of 10	61

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 62 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 33, from 29 to 62.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dalton appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #279 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Dalton's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#468	85	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#544	68	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#469	86	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#531	74	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#581	65	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#597	60	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#543	70	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#520	73	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#655	51	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#695	48	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#565	62	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#684	41	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#663	41	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#535	50	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#532	49	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#479	50	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#463	47	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#495	41	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#596	31	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#454	47	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#419	51	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#305	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1972 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #279, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 86 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dallan · #317, 11y
Dallas · #718, 29y
Dalya · #3225, 15y
Damari · #1673, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kendall · #278, 30y
Reon · #278, 28y
Wilson · #280, 29y
Miya · #281, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Diego · #279, 45y
Dionne · #279, 37y
Kiaran · #279, 17y
Bosco · #280, 13y

Dalton was ranked #279 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dalton and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dalton without appearing here.

Dalton moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #970 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #565 and #1303.
Gary Compare
In 2010 they stood at #970 and #897 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #565 and #1024.
Gerard Compare
In 2008 they stood at #916 and #867 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #923 and #1358.
Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #535 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #386 and #809.

Moved ahead of Dalton

Tadhg Compare
In 2020 they stood at #544 and #551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #719 and #457.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #386 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #419 and #182.
Filip Compare
In 2005 they stood at #535 and #615 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #663 and #443.
Roman Compare
In 1999 they stood at #454 and #809 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #596 and #401.

Moved the same way as Dalton

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dalton went from #386 to #651 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Dalton went from #419 to #679 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Dalton went from #386 to #543 and Morten from #2859 to #4747.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Dalton went from #535 to #923 and Ashleigh from #402 to #3227.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #279 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dalton

Dalton at a glance

What stands out in Dalton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dalton across 3 official records

Dalton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dalton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Dalton and the names beside it

Dalton moved ahead of

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Dalton at a glance

What stands out in Dalton's record

Dalton across 3 official records

Dalton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dalton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dalton

Dalton and the names beside it

Dalton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dalton

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