Dillion
- Pronunciation
- [Di-llion]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Faithful
- Origin
- Celtic
Dillion Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,638 baby boys have been named Dillion. The name peaked in 1992 with 354 US births that year (rank #539). In 2024, ranked #5485 nationally — 4,946 places below its 1992 peak.
Top States for Dillion
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Dillion births are: Texas (250), California (186), Ohio (153).
Other Celtic-Origin Names Like Dillion
If you like Dillion's Celtic origin, consider these related names: Adair, Adsaluta, Aengus, Ahearn, Aife. Browse all Celtic names →
7-Letter Names Starting with D
Names with Dillion's exact length and starting letter: Dabbous, Daedbot, Daelynn, Daganya, Dagomar.
Quick Facts About Dillion
US Popularity History (2000–2000)
Annual US births named Dillion by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 149 boys named Dillion (boy rank #993 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Dillion Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2000–2007 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Dillion the strongest states are Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Strongest boys-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2000–2007. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Dillion in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Dillion to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Dillion against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).