Dillon
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Dillon
Different origin from the Welsh Dylan, but increasingly used as a variant spelling to honor Bob Dylan or Dylan Thomas. Still, the Dylan spelling is found 20 times as often as Dillon.
Dillon for girls#3658 US
With both the Dillon and Dylan spellings, usage of this gender-neutral names runs about ten to one boys to girls. But Dylan is used about 20 times as often as Dillon for both genders. Which might be a vote in favor of Dillon, though for better or worse, this spellings distances the name from singer Bob and poet Thomas.
Pronounced DIL-un.
As of October 2026, Dillon ranked #930 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #73 in 1992.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #397 | 786 | #4,126 | 36 |
| 2015 | #448 | 686 | #4,891 | 28 |
| 2016 | #459 | 669 | #4,019 | 37 |
| 2017 | #525 | 543 | #3,576 | 43 |
| 2018 | #592 | 462 | #3,356 | 47 |
| 2019 | #640 | 421 | #3,622 | 42 |
| 2020 | #668 | 392 | #2,725 | 61 |
| 2021 | #671 | 402 | #3,167 | 51 |
| 2022 | #724 | 360 | #3,000 | 55 |
| 2023 | #767 | 335 | #2,857 | 59 |
| 2024 | #868 | 276 | #3,228 | 49 |
| 2025 | #930 | 253 | #3,658 | 41 |
World rankings
Dillon for boys
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son of ice hockey player Craig Simpson
- Dillon Campbell (b. 1980)Boy
son of singer Glen Campbell
- Dillon Phoenix Gering (b. 2006)Boy
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Dillon in pop culture
- Matthew "Matt" DillonBoy
character on "Gunsmoke" portrayed by James Arness
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