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Dillard

Recorded 1880–2014 · United States

Dillard was most popular in 1921, when 96 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,373 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,730 people named Dillard.

Most popular in1921
Rank that year#1,373
Births that year96
Total since 18803,730
Given to100% boys
Alive today~1,000
Median age68

Dillard over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Dillard’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Dillard?

The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Dillard is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 125 of the 146 years since. It was last recorded in 2014.

How many people are named Dillard?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,730 American births named Dillard between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,145 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Dillard in 2025?

Dillard was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Dillard getting more or less popular?

Dillard is out of use. It averaged 6 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Dillard a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dillard is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,730 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Dillard?

Roughly 1,145 Americans named Dillard are alive today — 31% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 68 years old, and half are between 52 and 79.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Dillard is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org