Mostly girls
Adaline
Variation of Adeline, English
“noble”
Mostly boys · English
Dalton
“the settlement in the valley”
Say it DAL-tonPronunciation may vary by region.
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The story behind the name
Meet Dalton.
US birth records for 2025 list 6 girls named Dalton (rank #13,608) and 699 boys named Dalton (rank #448).
The recorded number of girls with this name stayed at 6 compared with 2024. For boys, the recorded count fell from 732 in 2024 to 699 in 2025.
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How popular is Dalton?
Girls · 2025#13,6086 recorded births
Boys · 2025#448699 recorded births
Recorded US births over time
● Girls● Boys
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| Year | Category | US rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 448 | 699 |
| 2025 | Girls | 13,608 | 6 |
| 2024 | Boys | 433 | 732 |
| 2024 | Girls | 13,880 | 6 |
| 2023 | Boys | 513 | 582 |
| 2022 | Boys | 516 | 574 |
| 2021 | Boys | 519 | 566 |
| 2021 | Girls | 13,890 | 6 |
| 2020 | Boys | 464 | 638 |
| 2020 | Girls | 11,329 | 8 |
| 2019 | Boys | 445 | 686 |
| 2019 | Girls | 16,106 | 5 |
| 2018 | Boys | 397 | 799 |
| 2018 | Girls | 16,259 | 5 |
| 2017 | Boys | 371 | 893 |
| 2016 | Boys | 328 | 1,050 |
| 2016 | Girls | 13,238 | 7 |
| 2015 | Boys | 328 | 1,050 |
| 2014 | Boys | 312 | 1,118 |
| 2014 | Girls | 13,413 | 7 |
Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Records below the publication threshold may be missing; gaps are not zero births.
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Nicknames
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Variations & related forms
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