Dalton
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About 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. It also has something of an upscale, preppy feel connected to the exclusive New York private school.
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 was an 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."
Dalton is also given to girls, where it ranks #13608 in the US.
Pronounced DAL-ton.
As of October 2026, Dalton ranked #448 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #85 in 1994, Nameberry popularity #884.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #312 | 1,118 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #328 | 1,050 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #328 | 1,050 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #371 | 892 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #397 | 799 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #445 | 686 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #465 | 637 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #519 | 565 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #516 | 573 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #513 | 581 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #432 | 729 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #448 | 699 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Dalton for boys
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Dalton on lists
Famous Daltons
- (James) Dalton TrumboBoy
American screenwriter and author
- Dalton Edward GrayBoy
American actor
- Dalton JamesBoy
American actor
- Dalton James Patrick McGuintyBoy
Canadian premier of Ontario
- Dalton Arthur BalesBoy
Canadian cabinet minister
- Dalton CastleBoy
ring name of Brett Giehl, American pro wrestler
- Dalton Clark ConleyBoy
American sociologist
- Dalton SargeantBoy
American NASCAR driver
- Dalton Louis RapattoniBoy
American singer ("American Idol")
- Dalton AbbottBoy
American actor; son of actress Linda Hamilton
- Dalton MillsBoy
son of actor Judson Mills
- The Dalton GangBoy
a family of both lawmen and outlaws in the American Old West during the late 1800's
- John DaltonBoy
English Physicist called "Father of Atomic Theory"
- Timothy DaltonBoy
British actor
- Brett DaltonBoy
American actor
- Jacob DaltonBoy
American artistic gymnast
Dalton in pop culture
- Dalton RussellBoy
character in the 2006 film "Inside Man"
- DaltonBoy
a minor character in The Hunger Games series
- Dalton MadiganBoy
a minor character in The Looking Glass Wars series
- DaltonBoy
minor character on TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- DaltonBoy
non,playable main character in video game Chrono Trigger
- DaltonBoy
character in anime "One Piece"
- Dalton LambertBoy
character from the film "Insidious"
- James Dalton (known as Dalton)Boy
character in the 1989 movie "Road House"
- The Dalton SchoolBoy
a prestigious private school in New York City
- Dalton AcademyBoy
a private all,boys school on the television show "Glee"