Dalton

Dalton is a name with multi-faceted appeal. Many are attracted to the name's resemblance to other two-syllable n-ending favorites: Colton, Holden, and cousins, others see it as a trendy Western name, recalling the legendary Dalton Brothers gang, and it also has something of an upscale, preppy feel connected to the exclusive New York private school. A Top 100 name in the 1990s, Dalton is still chosen by almost 1,300 parents a year.

. The most well known bearer of the name is blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, but there have been a number of high-profile fictional Daltons as well. Dalton Rumba is a current adult character on "Glee," Clive Owen played a Dalton in "Inside Man," there was a scholarly Dalton on "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," and Patrick Swayze opened the film "Roadhouse" by stating "My name is Dalton Russell."