Daylen
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- #1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
- Given to boys 92.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 201 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,986since 1979
Daylen 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #1,529 | 113 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #1,344 | 142 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #1,346 | 140 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #1,156 | 178 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,419 | 129 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #1,297 | 139 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #1,209 | 158 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #1,294 | 141 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #1,314 | 137 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #1,242 | 150 |
| 2015 | — | #1,283 | 139 | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,213 | 151 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,370 | 123 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #1,074 | 174 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #1,046 | 181 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #980 | 201 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #1,055 | 179 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #1,070 | 175 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #1,400 | 117 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #1,149 | 147 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #1,362 | 110 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #1,456 | 95 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #1,233 | 117 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #1,236 | 110 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #1,543 | 78 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #1,391 | 90 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #1,604 | 67 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,899 | 51 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #1,908 | 48 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | — | #2,253 | 35 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,747 | 25 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
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| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Daylen! It came in at #5,355, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Daylen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#370 · 1 in 1,355
- Alabama#765 · 1 in 4,304
- Georgia#792 · 1 in 4,566
- Illinois#805 · 1 in 4,955
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
Best ever in a state: #271 in Mississippi, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Alabama | #765 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Georgia | #792 | 11 | 1 in 4,566 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| North Carolina | #1,144 | 6 | 1 in 8,578 |
| Texas | #1,555 | 11 | 1 in 15,914 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 232 spots since 2020 (#1,297 → #1,529)
- Biggest jump: 75 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 66 spots in 2011
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2010 at #980 (201 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2010
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,546
- Highest: 1 in 9,546 boys born in 2010 were named Daylen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 39.0% of all boys named Daylen (1,555) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,355 |
| 1980s | 49 | #3,915 (1988) | #5,635 |
| 1990s | 317 | #1,604 (1999) | #3,134 |
| 2000s | 1,218 | #1,055 (2009) | #1,290 |
| 2010s | 1,555 | #980 (2010) | #1,203 |
| 2020s | 841 | #1,156 (2022) | #1,349 |
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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