Boy
Dalton
The name Dalton carries the meaning "Old English place name", with roots in Old English. It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Since 1900, roughly 80,696 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"Valley town"
Births by decade
1900s
109
1910s
783
1920s
1,484
1930s
1,425
1940s
1,251
1950s
1,016
1960s
833
1970s
695
1980s
1,591
1990s
36,162
2000s
26,305
2010s
9,042
Peaked in the 1990s · 80,696 total U.S. births since 1900