Dylan
#807 for girls in 2025, 338 births · #41 for boys in 2025, 6,208 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 15,703 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 418,679since 1953
Dylan over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #807 | 338 | #41 | 6,208 |
| 2024 | #694 | 409 | #28 | 7,487 |
| 2023 | #651 | 451 | #34 | 7,074 |
| 2022 | #572 | 525 | #42 | 6,745 |
| 2021 | #567 | 536 | #44 | 6,767 |
| 2020 | #497 | 616 | #42 | 6,857 |
| 2019 | #436 | 729 | #39 | 7,555 |
| 2018 | #398 | 776 | #31 | 8,610 |
| 2017 | #354 | 894 | #29 | 9,315 |
| 2016 | #394 | 842 | #32 | 9,720 |
| 2015 | #399 | 815 | #27 | 10,298 |
| 2014 | #394 | 828 | #29 | 10,416 |
| 2013 | #490 | 613 | #29 | 10,127 |
| 2012 | #512 | 595 | #31 | 10,001 |
| 2011 | #496 | 598 | #33 | 9,792 |
| 2010 | #575 | 508 | #31 | 10,520 |
| 2009 | #559 | 546 | #30 | 11,373 |
| 2008 | #526 | 581 | #31 | 11,710 |
| 2007 | #693 | 420 | #29 | 12,811 |
| 2006 | #734 | 380 | #26 | 13,171 |
| 2005 | #608 | 468 | #24 | 13,782 |
| 2004 | #475 | 620 | #19 | 14,852 |
| 2003 | #502 | 572 | #19 | 15,703 |
| 2002 | #882 | 256 | #23 | 14,821 |
| 2001 | #1,066 | 199 | #21 | 16,497 |
| 2000 | #1,431 | 128 | #24 | 15,405 |
| 1999 | #1,371 | 129 | #23 | 15,981 |
| 1998 | #1,099 | 175 | #25 | 14,540 |
| 1997 | #1,040 | 183 | #30 | 12,968 |
| 1996 | #1,149 | 158 | #33 | 12,037 |
| 1995 | #1,039 | 174 | #34 | 12,091 |
| 1994 | #915 | 207 | #32 | 12,530 |
| 1993 | #792 | 257 | #32 | 12,686 |
| 1992 | #1,099 | 163 | #28 | 15,064 |
| 1991 | #1,383 | 116 | #46 | 9,763 |
| 1990 | #1,847 | 77 | #83 | 4,414 |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | #115 | 2,853 |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | #137 | 2,158 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | #141 | 1,997 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #149 | 1,833 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #188 | 1,331 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #231 | 971 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #266 | 777 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #290 | 700 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #283 | 729 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #265 | 822 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #305 | 639 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #351 | 480 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #338 | 530 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #385 | 399 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #365 | 454 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #395 | 384 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #473 | 277 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #454 | 302 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #509 | 257 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #457 | 314 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #514 | 228 |
| 1968 | — | #685 | 121 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #910 | 63 |
| 1966 | — | #926 | 62 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,081 | 47 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,338 | 34 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,852 | 19 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,388 | 33 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,252 | 39 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,439 | 30 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,677 | 22 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dylan! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Dylan is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#37 · 1 in 122
- Maine#57 · 1 in 191
- Colorado#69 · 1 in 302
- Minnesota#74 · 1 in 347
- Delaware#74 · 1 in 361
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Dakota, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #37 | 28 | 1 in 122 |
| Maine | #57 | 40 | 1 in 191 |
| Colorado | #69 | 80 | 1 in 302 |
| Delaware | #74 | 13 | 1 in 361 |
| Minnesota | #74 | 91 | 1 in 347 |
| North Dakota | #77 | 18 | 1 in 257 |
| South Dakota | #78 | 17 | 1 in 275 |
| Oregon | #79 | 59 | 1 in 330 |
| Wisconsin | #79 | 93 | 1 in 356 |
| Wyoming | #81 | 8 | 1 in 304 |
| Washington | #82 | 86 | 1 in 395 |
| Nevada | #84 | 20 | 1 in 400 |
| Massachusetts | #85 | 77 | 1 in 568 |
| New Hampshire | #85 | 20 | 1 in 400 |
| Kansas | #86 | 48 | 1 in 355 |
| Oklahoma | #87 | 49 | 1 in 419 |
| Rhode Island | #87 | 13 | 1 in 504 |
| Montana | #88 | 13 | 1 in 354 |
| Idaho | #90 | 18 | 1 in 372 |
| Alaska | #92 | 12 | 1 in 363 |
| Connecticut | #94 | 37 | 1 in 599 |
| Nebraska | #94 | 26 | 1 in 423 |
| Missouri | #95 | 74 | 1 in 510 |
| Pennsylvania | #100 | 123 | 1 in 662 |
| Iowa | #101 | 36 | 1 in 506 |
| Utah | #102 | 35 | 1 in 473 |
| Hawaii | #105 | 16 | 1 in 432 |
| New York | #107 | 184 | 1 in 733 |
| Arkansas | #110 | 28 | 1 in 548 |
| West Virginia | #118 | 15 | 1 in 684 |
| Tennessee | #119 | 52 | 1 in 666 |
| Indiana | #125 | 52 | 1 in 762 |
| Kentucky | #127 | 28 | 1 in 873 |
| Ohio | #127 | 93 | 1 in 840 |
| Virginia | #131 | 51 | 1 in 821 |
| New Jersey | #134 | 54 | 1 in 1,020 |
| California | #136 | 407 | 1 in 660 |
| Arizona | #141 | 44 | 1 in 688 |
| Florida | #141 | 107 | 1 in 835 |
| Michigan | #142 | 75 | 1 in 926 |
| North Carolina | #142 | 52 | 1 in 889 |
| Illinois | #148 | 98 | 1 in 886 |
| New Mexico | #150 | 17 | 1 in 684 |
| Texas | #168 | 177 | 1 in 837 |
| Georgia | #172 | 47 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Mississippi | #185 | 18 | 1 in 954 |
| Maryland | #193 | 23 | 1 in 1,395 |
| Alabama | #194 | 23 | 1 in 1,175 |
| Louisiana | #204 | 30 | 1 in 1,064 |
| South Carolina | #227 | 17 | 1 in 1,387 |
| District of Columbia | #274 | 11 | 1 in 1,194 |
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 Dylan
- 13 spots since 2024 (#28 → #41)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#42 → #41)
- 14 spots since 2015 (#27 → #41)
- Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1968 (#910 → #685)
- Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1971 (#457 → #509)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2003 at #19 (15,703 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1966–2025
- Highest: 1 in 118 boys born in 2001 were named Dylan (0.85%)
- Latest: 1 in 275 boys born in 2025 (0.36%)
- Its best rank, #19 in 2003, was only 1 in 126 (0.79%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.5% of all boys named Dylan (140,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 97 | #1,439 (1959) | #2,502 |
| 1960s | 684 | #514 (1969) | #1,121 |
| 1970s | 4,036 | #305 (1979) | #403 |
| 1980s | 14,171 | #115 (1989) | #207 |
| 1990s | 122,074 | #23 (1999) | #37 |
| 2000s | 140,125 | #19 (2003) | #25 |
| 2010s | 96,354 | #27 (2015) | #31 |
| 2020s | 41,138 | #28 (2024) | #39 |
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.
Dylan in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 29,735 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 86.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,998Tamesha63
- #1,998Teaira63
- #1,998Viola63
- #2,027Dylan62
- #2,027Arika62
- #2,027Brionna62
- #2,027Chasidy62
- #2,054Brittainy61
- #2,054Carlyn61
- #2,054Contessa61
Tied with 26 names at #2,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 701 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 98.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.