Dilan
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #805 for boys in 2025, 309 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 414 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,034since 1980
Dilan over time
Rank among boys' names. Dilan has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | #805 | 309 | |
| 2024 | — | #662 | 414 | |
| 2023 | — | #757 | 344 | |
| 2022 | — | #817 | 303 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #871 | 265 |
| 2020 | — | #839 | 272 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #978 | 218 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #1,141 | 168 |
| 2017 | — | #917 | 232 | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #1,013 | 200 |
| 2015 | — | #904 | 240 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #835 | 270 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #882 | 236 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #1,037 | 186 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #1,056 | 178 |
| 2010 | — | #832 | 257 | |
| 2009 | — | #881 | 239 | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,133 | 161 |
| 2007 | — | #1,197 | 147 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,131 | 152 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #1,196 | 133 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #1,235 | 122 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #1,111 | 138 |
| 2002 | — | #1,444 | 89 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,481 | 82 |
| 2000 | — | #1,370 | 92 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,449 | 80 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,338 | 89 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,648 | 61 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,705 | 55 |
| 1995 | — | #1,682 | 53 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,564 | 59 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,539 | 59 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,510 | 59 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
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| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dilan! It came in at #6,250, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dilan is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#434 · 1 in 2,765
- Maryland#579 · 1 in 3,963
- Texas#702 · 1 in 5,551
- California#821 · 1 in 7,948
- Florida#868 · 1 in 7,074
Best ever in a state: #228 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #434 | 15 | 1 in 2,765 |
| Maryland | #579 | 7 | 1 in 3,963 |
| Texas | #702 | 32 | 1 in 5,551 |
| California | #821 | 29 | 1 in 7,948 |
| Florida | #868 | 13 | 1 in 7,074 |
| Illinois | #876 | 9 | 1 in 7,391 |
| Georgia | #959 | 7 | 1 in 7,716 |
| North Carolina | #963 | 6 | 1 in 8,426 |
| New York | #1,001 | 12 | 1 in 8,692 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,034 | 6 | 1 in 10,038 |
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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.
See more about Dilan
- 143 spots since 2024 (#662 → #805)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#839 → #805)
- 99 spots since 2015 (#904 → #805)
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 2009 (#1,133 → #881)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 2011 (#832 → #1,056)
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2024 at #662 (414 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2019–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,162 boys born in 2024 were named Dilan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,528 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 36.2% of all boys named Dilan (2,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25 | #4,573 (1987) | #5,943 |
| 1990s | 562 | #1,338 (1998) | #1,916 |
| 2000s | 1,355 | #881 (2009) | #1,218 |
| 2010s | 2,185 | #832 (2010) | #960 |
| 2020s | 1,907 | #662 (2024) | #792 |
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.
Dilan in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 220,132 of them was named Dilan, which outranked 37.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,257Zoraida9
- #11,257Zylie9
- #11,257Zynah9
- #12,199Dilan8
- #12,199Aaisha8
- #12,199Aamna8
- #12,199Aamori8
- #13,483Aalayiah7
- #13,483Aalaysia7
- #13,483Aaliayah7
Tied with 1,283 names at #12,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 10,199 of them was named Dilan, which outranked 92.7% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).