Given name & surname
Daulton
“from the town in the valley”
Daulton is a variant of Dalton. One English interpretation is “from the town in the valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Daulton is a variant of Dalton. One English interpretation is “from the town in the valley.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Daulton is a variant of Dalton. An origin associated with Dalton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daulton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,554
- 1,554 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 178 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 178 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,336 as a first name in 2020; 1,638 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Daulton’s family of names
Daulton has a related form in Dalton.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Daulton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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