Dalyn
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to boys 70.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2002 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 917since 1978
Dalyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | — | #4,806 | 20 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,621 | 20 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #3,476 | 31 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #3,379 | 32 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #2,452 | 45 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,674 | 37 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #2,295 | 45 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #2,429 | 40 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #2,608 | 33 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #4,509 | 8 |
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| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Dalyn! It came in at #5,772, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dalyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dalyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dalyn
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,866 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,446)
- 2,020 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #6,446)
- 1,901 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2002 at #2,295 (45 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43,145
- Highest: 1 in 43,145 boys born in 2002 were named Dalyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 42.4% of all boys named Dalyn (389) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
- Mostly girls until 1990, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,772 (1978) | #5,772 |
| 1980s | 29 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,387 |
| 1990s | 201 | #2,599 (1998) | #3,789 |
| 2000s | 389 | #2,295 (2002) | #2,765 |
| 2010s | 209 | #3,894 (2010) | #4,604 |
| 2020s | 84 | #4,426 (2020) | #6,412 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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