Dolton

Boy · recorded 1917–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

061119171942196719912016

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 53 recorded years as a table
Dolton, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191711
19195
19215
19226
19237
192410
19254
19265
19277
19288
19295
19317
19329
19349
19357
19369
19377
19386
19397
19408
19414
19426
19454
19464
19494
19523
19693
19915
19925
19935
19946
19959
19967
19975
19988
19997
20006
20016
20026
20033
20045
20055
20065
20075
20084
20094
20104
20113
20123
20134
20146
20153
20164

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dolton isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
7
Rank in 2016
#9,664
How rare
1 in 271,105 boys
Since 1917
451

Dolton was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1917, at 11 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dolton doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.